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Q-Factor Bounds for Microstrip Patch Antennas

Nel, Ben A. P.
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Skrivervik, Anja K.  
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Gustafsson, Mats
April 1, 2023
Ieee Transactions On Antennas And Propagation

Antenna bounds are a useful tool in assessing the feasibility or performance of an antenna design. Microstrip patch antennas are often limited by their relatively narrow bandwidth, and therefore Q-factor is an important design parameter, as it is related to the inverse of the fractional bandwidth. This article presents the first tight lower Q-factor bounds on microstrip patch antennas supported by an infinite dielectric substrate. The derived lower Q-factor bounds are orders of magnitude tighter than the Chu limit and introduce a new scaling rule. These bounds consider all possible geometries on the predefined design region. Moreover, it is shown that well-known patch antennas have Q-factors near the bounds and have thus a near-optimal bandwidth. The computation of the bounds is done using a method of moments (MoM) formulation. However, an approximation to these bounds using commonly available simulation tools is provided.

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research article
DOI
10.1109/TAP.2023.3243726
Web of Science ID

WOS:000974513900048

Author(s)
Nel, Ben A. P.
Skrivervik, Anja K.  
Gustafsson, Mats
Date Issued

2023-04-01

Publisher

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC

Published in
Ieee Transactions On Antennas And Propagation
Volume

71

Issue

4

Start page

3430

End page

3440

Subjects

Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

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Telecommunications

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Engineering

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microstrip antennas

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q-factor

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patch antennas

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microstrip

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bandwidth

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antennas

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method of moments (mom)

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microstrip patch antennas

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optimization

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physical bounds q-factor

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sommerfeld integrals

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physical limitations

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impedance

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energy

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REVIEWED

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June 5, 2023
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