A Novel Miniaturization Technique in Microstrip Feed Network Design

Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: EuCAP 2009

Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Popugaev, Alexander E.; Wansch, Rainer (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Am Wolfsmantel 33, 91058 Erlangen, Germany)

Abstract:
By the example of a feed network for four-feed circularly polarized antennas an original S-section based miniaturization technique in microstrip feed network design is proposed. The idea is to meander the layout using a raster consisting of ring shape segments.