Title
A broadband planar quasi-Yagi antenna with X-shaped driven elements
Abstract
In this paper, a novel wideband planar quasi-Yagi antenna with x-shaped elements is presented. Good impedance matching and mode transforming are realized by using an exponentialy tapered microstrip balun. This quasi-Yagi antenna is designed on FR-4 substrate whose dielectric constant is 4.4 and the thickness is 1.6 mm. Prototype antennas have been fabricated and measured. Experimental results show that the 10 dB return loss bandwidth of this antenna is 48% operating from 4.7 GHz to 7.6 GHz and the gain is higher than 6.2 dB.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/CSNDSP.2012.6292639
CSNDSP
Keywords
Field
DocType
dielectric constant,baluns,exponentialy tapered microstrip balun,x-shaped driven elements,loss 10 db,wideband planar quasiyagi antenna,broadband antennas,return loss bandwidth,broadband planar quasiyagi antenna,fr-4 substrate,microstrip antenna arrays,permittivity,planar antenna arrays,size 1.6 mm,frequency 4.7 ghz to 7.6 ghz,yagi antenna arrays,impedance matching,microstrip,dipole antennas
Antenna (radio),Dipole antenna,Patch antenna,Antenna measurement,Antenna efficiency,Optics,Antenna factor,Coaxial antenna,Materials science,Microstrip antenna
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4577-1472-6
1
0.63
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Fan Qin111.64
Yao Gao210.63
Gao Wei333.42
Jiadong Xu4196.71