Summary
International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
2011
Session Number:FrP1
Session:
Number:FrP1-11
The impact of dielectric materials on patch antenna efficiency in the 2 and 5 GHz bands
Lingjian Li, Geoffrey.S.Hilton, Dominique.L.Paul,
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Publication Date:2011/10/25
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
This paper presents a robust and repeatable method to determine patch antenna efficiency in relation to its dielectric material. Measured results show that antenna efficiency varies significantly with both dielectric materials and frequency. Replacing cheap dielectric materials can improve antenna efficiency by up to approximately 5dB.