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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 48 Number 8, August 2000

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Design of a Minimum-Loss Series-Fed Foldable Microstrip

C. G. Christodoulou, P. F. Wahid, M. Riad Mahbub and M. C. Bailey

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Abstract:

The design and analysis of a series-fed, low-loss, inverted microstrip array antenna, operating at 1.413 GHz is presented. The array antenna is composed of two subarrays consisting of an equal number of microstrip patches connected together through a series microstrip line. The subarrays are coaxially fed 180° out of phase. This approach ensures a symmetric radiation pattern. The design approach for obtaining a low sidelobe ratio and a low loss microstrip array is accomplished using the IE3D code. Experimental and simulated data are presented and discussed.

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