Autor/a:
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Anguera, Jaume; Daniel, Jean Pierre; Borja, C.; Mumbru, Josep; Puente Baliarda, Carles; Leduc, T.; Laeveren, Nancy; Van Roy, P
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Abstract:
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An antenna manufacturing process using metallized foams is presented. A microstrip-patch antenna, inspired by the Koch
island geometry, embedded in a rectangular cavity is built and tested. All the metallic parts of the antenna (patch, cavity, and
feeding probe) were metallized on the foam, resulting in a low-weight and low-complexity antenna structure. The results of
return loss, directivity as a function of frequency, radiation pattern for several modes, and radiation efficiency have been
compared with simulated data, resulting in very good agreement. |