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InsetFeed
Prevously,thepatchantennawasfedattheendasshownhere.Snceths
typcallyyeldsahghnputmpedance,wewouldlketomodfythefeed.Snce
thecurrentslowattheendsofahalfwavepatchandncreasesnmagntude
towardthecenter,thenputmpedance(Z=V/I)couldbereducedfthepatchwas
fedclosertothecenter.Onemethodofdongthssbyusngannsetfeed(a
dstanceRfromtheend)asshownnFgure1.

Fgure1.PatchAntennawthanInsetFeed.
Sncethecurrenthasasnusodaldstrbuton,movngnadstanceRfromthe
endwllncreasethecurrentbycos(p*R/L)thssjustnotngthatthe
wavelengths2*L,andsothephasedfferences2*p*R/(2*L)=p*R/L.
Thevoltagealsodecreasesnmagntudebythesameamountthatthecurrent
ncreases.Hence,usngZ=V/I,thenputmpedancescalesas:

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Intheaboveequaton,Zn(0)sthenputmpedancefthepatchwasfedatthe
end.Hence,byfeedngthepatchantennaasshown,thenputmpedancecanbe
decreased.Asanexample,fR=L/4,thencos(p*R/L)=cos(p/4),sothat
[cos(p/4)]^2=1/2.Hence,a(1/8)wavelengthnsetwoulddecreasethenput
mpedanceby50%.Thsmethodcanbeusedtotunethenputmpedancetothe
desredvalue.

FedwthaQuarterWavelengthTransmssonLne
Themcrostrpantennacanalsobematchedtoatransmssonlneof
characterstcmpedanceZ0byusngaquarterwavelengthtransmssonlneof
characterstcmpedanceZ1asshownnFgure2.

Fgure2.Patchantennawthaquarterwavelengthmatchngsecton.
Thegoalstomatchthenputmpedance(Zn)tothetransmssonlne(Z0).If
thempedanceoftheantennasZA,thenthenputmpedancevewedfromthe
begnnngofthequarterwavelengthlnebecomes

ThsnputmpedanceZncanbealteredbyselectonoftheZ1,sothatZn=Z0
andtheantennasmpedancematched.TheparameterZ1canbealteredby
changngthewdthofthequarterwavelengthstrp.Thewderthestrps,the
lowerthecharacterstcmpedance(Z0)sforthatsectonoflne.

CoaxalCableorProbeFeed
Mcrostrpantennascanalsobefedfromunderneathvaaprobeasshownn
Fgure3.Theouterconductorofthecoaxalcablesconnectedtotheground
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plane,andthecenterconductorsextendeduptothepatchantenna.

Fgure3.Coaxalcablefeedofpatchantenna.
Thepostonofthefeedcanbealteredasbefore(nthesamewayasthenset
feed,above)tocontrolthenputmpedance.
Thecoaxalfeedntroducesannductancentothefeedthatmayneedtobetaken
ntoaccountftheheghthgetslarge(anapprecablefractonofawavelength).In
addton,theprobewllalsoradate,whchcanleadtoradatonnundesrable
drectons.

Coupled(Indrect)Feeds
Thefeedsabovecanbealteredsuchthattheydonotdrectlytouchtheantenna.
Fornstance,theprobefeednFgure3canbetrmmedsuchthattdoesnot
extendallthewayuptotheantenna.Thensetfeedcanalsobestoppedjust
beforethepatchantenna,asshownnFgure4.

Fgure4.Coupled(ndrect)nsetfeed.
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Theadvantageofthecoupledfeedsthattaddsanextradegreeoffreedomtothe
desgn.Thegapntroducesacapactancentothefeedthatcancanceloutthe
nductanceaddedbytheprobefeed.

ApertureFeeds
Anothermethodoffeedngmcrostrpantennasstheaperturefeed.Inths
technque,thefeedcrcutry(transmssonlne)ssheldedfromtheantennabya
conductngplanewthahole(aperture)totransmtenergytotheantenna,as
shownnFgure5.

Fgure5.Aperturecoupledfeed.
Theuppersubstratecanbemadewthalowerpermttvtytoproduceloosely
boundfrngngfelds,yeldngbetterradaton.Thelowersubstratecanbe
ndependentlymadewthahghvalueofpermttvtyfortghtlycoupledfelds
thatdon'tproducespurousradaton.Thedsadvantageofthsmethods
ncreaseddffcultynfabrcaton.

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