The transmission line model for the single and coupled microstrip line components implemented in APLAC are presented. A detailed description of the algorithm used to calculate the characteristic impedance and the effective permittivity is given for the single microstrip, the symmetrical and asymmetrical pair of coupled microstrip lines, and the n symmetrical coupled microstrip lines. The effect...

Regularly shaped compact microstrip antennas have a small size but their gain is insufficient for most applications. Therefore, a ring-shaped compact microstrip reflectarray with microstrip antenna feed has been proposed. Different configurations, namely, 1 × 3, 3 × 1, plus-shaped and 3 × 3 have been analyzed. The 3 × 3 configuration yields an optimum gain of 10. 8 dBi and a narrow beamwidth of...

Proof of concept of a cavity backed slot antenna based on inverted microstrip gap ‎waveguide (IMGW) technology is presented. Since the antenna is operating based on the ‎first resonating mode of the cavity, it is more compact compared to the ordinary cavity ‎backed slot antennas in which the second cavity mode is used for radiation. Furthermore, ‎the proposed antenna element introduces lower lo...

Various broadband multi-resonator gap-coupled configurations of equilateral triangular microstrip antenna and its compact variation, half equilateral triangular microstrip antenna, are proposed. The broadband proximity fed equilateral triangular microstrip antenna yields bandwidth of more than 650 MHz (~44%), whereas equivalent proximity fed gap-coupled half equilateral triangular microstrip an...

This Paper is an attempt to give an overview of Microstrip Spurline Band Stop Filter. The basic concepts and filtering characteristics of Microstrip Spurline Band Stop Filter are introduced and the equivalent circuit models with filter response are also presented. Also, the main applications of Microstrip Spurline Band Stop Filter in microwave technology field are summarized and the evolution t...

This paper presents the increase in bandwidth of a Microstrip Antenna using a simple slotted structure fed by Microstrip line. The main aim of proposed work is to obtain a large bandwidth antenna with reduced size. The proposed microstrip antenna has a wide bandwidth covering the range from 1.806-2.978 GHz. By using simple Microstrip Line feed wide bandwidth of 48.99% has been achieved. The pro...

-Wide band truncated rectangular microstrip antenna with H slot loaded and defected ground plane structure is presented in this paper to increase the bandwidth. It is found that the impedance bandwidth of a microstrip antenna could be enhanced considerably when a defected ground structure is used .The band width of a truncated rectangular microstrip antenna with H slot is 21.2% whereas after ad...

The C-shaped microstrip antenna is a compact variation of rectangular microstrip antenna and it has smaller bandwidth as compared to the rectangular patch. In this paper, bandwidth of C-shaped microstrip antenna is first increased by using proximity feeding technique. Further gap-coupled configuration of two C-shaped microstrip antennas on thicker substrate is proposed. It gives bandwidth of mo...

Conventional microstrip antennas in general have a conducting patch printed on a grounded microwave substrate, and have the attractive features of low profile, light weight, easy fabrication, and conformability to mounting hosts [1]. However, mi-crostrip antennas inherently have a narrow bandwidth, and bandwidth enhancement is usually demanded for practical applications. In addition, applicatio...

The compact variation of equilateral triangular microstrip antenna, a shorted 600 Sectoral microstrip antenna is discussed. The proximity fed shorted 600 Sectoral microstrip antenna is proposed which gives simulated and measured BW of more than 700 MHz (>60%). To increase the bandwidth and gain, gap-coupled configuration two Shorted 600 Sectoral patches is proposed. It yields simulated and meas...