A Way to Address Inherent Weakness in Conceiving the Ground Plane Geometry for a Microstrip Antenna
This work presents an insight into the nature of ground plane (GP) current of a microstrip patch which is truly adverse in terms of generating cross-polar (XP) fields and minimally contributing to the primary radiation. This study also uses a theoretical basis in exploring a simple solution to mitig...
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| author | Chandreyee Sarkar Sk Rafidul Chandrakanta Kumar Debatosh Guha |
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| description | This work presents an insight into the nature of ground plane (GP) current of a microstrip patch which is truly adverse in terms of generating cross-polar (XP) fields and minimally contributing to the primary radiation. This study also uses a theoretical basis in exploring a simple solution to mitigate the high XP values, specifically over the diagonal planes (D-planes). This actually turns out to be an engineered GP by clipping off its four corners. This has been thoroughly studied for a set of representative patch geometries and experimentally verified. A consistent XP reduction by 12–13 dB over D-planes has been ensured without affecting the impedance matching or antenna gains. This eventually results in cross-polar discrimination (XPD) of the order of 25–31 dB uniformly over the full range of operating bandwidth. In addition, the design is advantageous in terms of reduction in antenna size or the deployment area. Such a simple low-cost design appears as truly improved alternative to a typical standalone microstrip radiator for practical applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4cec3aa3e2ed433e9e6c2eebccedc1c42024-03-26T17:44:33ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation2637-64312024-01-015251652410.1109/OJAP.2024.336669410438720A Way to Address Inherent Weakness in Conceiving the Ground Plane Geometry for a Microstrip AntennaChandreyee Sarkar0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2184-9922Sk Rafidul1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7212-8976Chandrakanta Kumar2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1616-5136Debatosh Guha3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5667-9855Florida International University, Miami, FL, USAInstitute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IndiaDepartment of Space, Government of India, U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru, IndiaInstitute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, IndiaThis work presents an insight into the nature of ground plane (GP) current of a microstrip patch which is truly adverse in terms of generating cross-polar (XP) fields and minimally contributing to the primary radiation. This study also uses a theoretical basis in exploring a simple solution to mitigate the high XP values, specifically over the diagonal planes (D-planes). This actually turns out to be an engineered GP by clipping off its four corners. This has been thoroughly studied for a set of representative patch geometries and experimentally verified. A consistent XP reduction by 12–13 dB over D-planes has been ensured without affecting the impedance matching or antenna gains. This eventually results in cross-polar discrimination (XPD) of the order of 25–31 dB uniformly over the full range of operating bandwidth. In addition, the design is advantageous in terms of reduction in antenna size or the deployment area. Such a simple low-cost design appears as truly improved alternative to a typical standalone microstrip radiator for practical applications.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10438720/Polarization puritydiagonal plane radiationmicrostrip antenna |
| spellingShingle | Chandreyee Sarkar Sk Rafidul Chandrakanta Kumar Debatosh Guha A Way to Address Inherent Weakness in Conceiving the Ground Plane Geometry for a Microstrip Antenna IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation Polarization purity diagonal plane radiation microstrip antenna |
| title | A Way to Address Inherent Weakness in Conceiving the Ground Plane Geometry for a Microstrip Antenna |
| title_full | A Way to Address Inherent Weakness in Conceiving the Ground Plane Geometry for a Microstrip Antenna |
| title_fullStr | A Way to Address Inherent Weakness in Conceiving the Ground Plane Geometry for a Microstrip Antenna |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Way to Address Inherent Weakness in Conceiving the Ground Plane Geometry for a Microstrip Antenna |
| title_short | A Way to Address Inherent Weakness in Conceiving the Ground Plane Geometry for a Microstrip Antenna |
| title_sort | way to address inherent weakness in conceiving the ground plane geometry for a microstrip antenna |
| topic | Polarization purity diagonal plane radiation microstrip antenna |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10438720/ |
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