Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Source : IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Volume 51, Number 8, p.1960-1965 (2003)
Url : http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1215676
Keywords : Active antennas, amplifying active reflect antenna, Antenna arrays, Antenna measurements, Capacitors, DC isolation, dual-polarized antenna, gain, Gain measurement, Microstrip antennas, microstrip-T coupled-patch antenna, monostatic radar cross section, Polarization, Probes, radar antennas, Radar cross section, radar cross-sections, Radio frequency, reflector antennas, RF isolation, time-domain measurement, vector network analyzer
Campus : Bengaluru
School : School of Engineering
Department : Electronics and Communication
Year : 2003
Abstract : A compact design of an amplifying active reflect-antenna using a novel microstrip-T coupled-patch antenna is proposed. The dual-polarized ports of the microstrip-T coupled-patch antenna provide excellent RF isolation as well as dc isolation. The dc isolation helps in avoiding additional coupling capacitors in the RF path, thereby achieving reduced layout size and cross-polarization levels for the active reflect-antenna. The gain and monostatic radar cross section (RCS) measurement of the active reflect-antenna has been carried out using a time-domain technique based on a single dual-polarized antenna and vector network analyzer. The measured monostatic RCS and gains are then compared with the calculated ones using two different modeling approaches.
Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Dhanesh G. Kurup and A. Rydberg, “Amplifying active reflect-antenna using a microstrip-T coupled patch design and measurement”, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 51, pp. 1960-1965, 2003.