Thin-film HTS planar antennas

被引:16
作者
Lancaster, MJ [1 ]
Wang, HY [1 ]
Hong, JS [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Birmingham, Sch Elect & Elect Engn, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
high-temperature conductors; patch antenna; superconductor;
D O I
10.1109/77.740682
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The "H" microstrip antenna is suitable for use as an efficient small antenna when it is constructed out of super; conducting thin-film materials. An aperture feed and matching network is described which provides a convenient enhancement of the capabilities of the "H" antenna, Methods of prediction of the center frequency are given. In addition, an analytical expression is developed for the farfield radiation pattern of the "H" antenna and the efficiency and Q of superconducting and copper antennas are described using this expression. It is likely that superconducting antennas will only have significant application when they are used in arrays. Three arrays are described demonstrating multiband self-diplexing multifrequency-enhanced bandwidth and multifrequency beam forming.
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页码:168 / 177
页数:10
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