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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Microstrip Antenna

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CHAPTER 3
MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA

3.1 INTRODUCTION
In high-performance spacecraft, satellite and aircraft, where low size, low weight, moderate cost, ease of installation are constraints, low profile antenna may be required. To meet these requirements, microstrip antennas can be used [1], [18]. Microstrip antenna technology has been the most rapidly developing topic in the antenna field in the last fifteen years, receiving the creative attentions of academic, industrial, and government engineers and researches throughout the world.
Microstrip antenna has quickly evolved from academic novelty to commercial reality with applications in a wide variety of microwave systems. In fact rapidly developing markets in a personal communications systems …show more content…

The patch is generally made of conducting material such as copper or gold and can take any possible shape. The radiating patch and the feed lines are usually photo etched on the dielectric substrate.
3.3 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MICROSTRIP ANTENNA
Microstrip antennas have several advantages compared to conventional microwave antennas and therefore many applications over the broad frequency range from 100MHz to 50GHz. Some of the principle advantages are: Light weight, low volume, low profile planar configurations which can be made conformal. Low fabrication cost ; readily amenable to mass production. Can be made thin ; hence, they do not perturb the aerodynamics of host aerospace vehicles. The antennas can be easily mounted on missiles, rockets and satellites without major alterations. These antennas have low scattering cross section. Linear, circular (left hand or right hand) polarizations are possible with simple changes in the feed

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