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2011-02-08
Experimental Results on a Planar Array of Parasitic Dipoles Fed by One Active Element
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 113, 369-377, 2011
Abstract
A planar array composed of 41 parasitic dipoles, above a ground plane, fed by an active dipole at 5 GHz, was designed to obtain a pencil beam pattern with a moderate gain and bandwidth. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theory and show a pattern with an 18.78 dB gain, a sidelobe level (SLL) of -15 dB, an impedance bandwidth of 16.53% (the frequency range over which the value of S11 is below -10 dB) and a 2.7% bandwidth that is achieved within 1 dB gain variations.
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Marcos Alvarez Folgueiras, Juan Antonio Rodríguez-Gonzalez, and Francisco Ares-Pena, "Experimental Results on a Planar Array of Parasitic Dipoles Fed by One Active Element," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 113, 369-377, 2011.
doi:10.2528/PIER11010303
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