Abstract
A Fabry-Perot cavity antenna (FPCA) system with high efficiency is proposed. The design consists of a source antenna with a frequency selective surface (FSS). The source antenna is an aperture coupled microstrip slot antenna with cavity backing. The FSS is a square aperture with rectangular unit cells. The E-field in the near and far field is compared for the FPCA system and the source antenna without the FSS (i.e. source antenna only). The FPCA has low phase variation of approximately 10° in the E-plane compared to high sinusoidal phase variation of 90° of the source antenna. The far-field gain of the FPCA system is 11.3 dB, which is a 4.5 dB improvement of the source antenna gain. The aperture efficiency of the FPCA system is 84% compared to the source antenna efficiency of 30%.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2019 - Proceedings |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 715-716 |
Number of pages | 2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728106922 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2019 |
Event | 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2019 - Atlanta, United States Duration: Jul 7 2019 → Jul 12 2019 |
Publication series
Name | 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2019 - Proceedings |
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Conference
Conference | 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2019 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Atlanta |
Period | 7/7/19 → 7/12/19 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:National Science Foundation Grant #1509543 was used to support part of the work.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
Keywords
- Fabry-Perot Cavities (FPC)
- Frequency selective surface (FSS)
- Near-field
- Phase measurement