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1. INTRODUCTION
Printed microstrip slot antennas have been extensively investigated in
the last two decades [16]. This type of antennas are suitable for radar
and satellite communications applications. The advantages of the slot
antennas are low prole, lightweight, easy integration with monolithic
microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) and stable radiation patterns.
However, the drawback of slot antennas is bi-directional radiation.
Recently, dierent types of bandwidth enhancement techniques on
microstrip line fed slot antennas are reported [711]. One method is to
use dierent shapes of tuning stubs to achieve wideband performance
[7, 8]. Other methods use dierent slot shape, such as square,
rectangular and ring slots with appropriate turning stubs. The
impedance bandwidths of these antennas achieve as much as 100%
[912].
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Slot Aperture
Stub
100
16
10
y
Microstrip Line
x
7
Ground Plane A
SMA
Connector
Substrate
air
Reflector
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-5
-10
S11 (dB)
-15
-20
-25
-30
-35
-40
2
10
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-5
S11 (dB)
-10
-15
-20
-25
d=6mm
d=8mm
d=10mm
-30
2
10
d = 10 mm.
0
0
330
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-20
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60
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-40
-50
270
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120
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150
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E-Co,
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-10
300
60
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-30
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240
120
210
150
180
(a) 3 GHz
0
0
330
30
-10
300
60
-20
-30
-40
270
90
240
120
210
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(b) 5 GHz
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0
330
30
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300
60
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-40
270
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240
120
210
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(c) 7 GHz
0
0
330
30
-10
300
60
-20
-30
-40
270
90
240
120
210
150
180
(d) 9 GHz
150
Stub
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Slot Aperture
15.6
100
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10.7
4.6
Co-Planar
Waveguide
SMA
Connector
7
Ground Plane A
Substrate
air
Reflector
Figure 6a. Geometry of the CPW fed slot antenna with U-shaped
tuning stub and reector.
Stub
Slot Aperture
CPW Feed
Ground Plane
Reflector
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-5
-5
-10
-10
-15
-15
-20
-20
-25
-25
w Ref. (Sim)
-30
S11 (dB)
S11 (dB)
-30
-35
-35
-40
4
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
Frequency (GHz)
Figure 7.
Measured and simulated return loss of the CPW
without reector
fed slot antenna with and without reector
with reector
(measurement),
| without reector (simulation),
(measurement),
with reector (simulation).
0
0
-5
-5
-10
-10
-15
-20
-20
-25
S11 (dB0
S11 (dB)
-15
-30
-25
d=8mm
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d=7mm
-30
d=6mm
-40
d=5mm
-35
-45
4
10
12
14
16
18
20
Frequency (GHz)
Figure 8. Measured return loss of the CPW fed slot antenna backed
d = 6 mm,
| d = 7 mm,
with reector
d = 5 mm,
d = 8 mm.
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0
330
30
-10
-20
300
60
-30
-40
-50
270
90
240
120
210
150
180
0
0
330
30
-10
-20
300
60
-30
-40
-50
270
90
240
120
210
150
180
30
-10
300
60
-20
-30
-40
270
90
240
120
210
150
180
(a) 5 GHz
0
0
330
30
-10
300
60
-20
-30
-40
270
90
240
120
210
150
180
(b) 10 GHz
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0
330
30
-10
300
60
-20
-30
-40
270
90
240
120
210
150
180
(c) 15 GHz
0
0
330
30
-10
300
60
-20
-30
-40
270
90
240
120
210
150
180
(d) 20 GHz
30
-10
300
60
-20
270
-30
90
240
120
210
150
180
(a) 5 GHz
0
0
330
30
-10
300
60
-20
270
-30
90
240
120
210
150
180
(b) 10 GHz
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0
330
30
-10
300
60
-20
270
-30
90
240
120
210
150
180
(c) 15 GHz
0
0
330
30
-10
300
60
-20
270
-30
90
240
120
210
150
180
(d) 20 GHz
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w/o Reflector
w Ref . d=6mm
w Ref . d=5mm
Gain (dBi)
Gain (dBi)
w Ref . d=4mm
0
5
11
13
15
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19
21
Frequency (GHz)
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-5
-5
-10
-10
-20
-15
-25
-30
S11 (dB)
S11 (dB)
-15
-20
-35
-25
Er =3.38, t=0.406
-40
Er =3.38, t=0.813
Er =2.4, t=0.246
-45
4
12
16
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-30
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