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Development of Planar Antennas

Yasuo SUZUKI, Jiro HIROKAWA

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As a typical planar antenna in Japan, a microstrip antenna and radial line slot antenna are chosen and some original technologies are introduced for them. About the microstrip antenna, the analyzing method is described first and the method based on the theory of microstrip planar circuit born in Japan is introduced. According to the formulas derived by this method, the design procedure considering the bandwidth is established. In addition, it is shown clearly that a microstrip antenna can produce the circular polarizations at two kinds of frequencies with a single feed. Furthermore, two kinds of broadband techniques born in Japan are picked up. About other unique microstrip antennas, they may be introduced in a suitable section each time. As for the RLSA, the history on invention is briefly presented. The radiation mechanisms depending on the slot-set arrangement and the excitation mode are discussed. The slot-coupling analysis to simulate the excitation of a two-dimensional uniformly-excited slot array is explained. The simple design based on the operation with traveling-wave propagation is also described. The technical progress to keep high efficiency in a wide gain range for satellite-TV reception is reviewed. Extensions of the RLSAs to millimeter-wave bands and plasma etching systems are finally summarized.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E86-B No.3 pp.909-924
Publication Date
2003/03/01
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Special Section INVITED PAPER (Special Issue on Historical Review of Antenna Systems in Japan)
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