dc.contributor.advisor |
Joubert, Johan |
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dc.contributor.postgraduate |
De Haaij, David Martin |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-09-07T12:52:29Z |
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dc.date.available |
2005-09-23 |
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dc.date.available |
2013-09-07T12:52:29Z |
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dc.date.created |
2003-09-01 |
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dc.date.issued |
2006-09-23 |
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dc.date.submitted |
2005-09-22 |
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dc.description |
Dissertation (M Eng (Electronic Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2006. |
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dc.description.abstract |
This dissertation investigates a simple LC-matching network for the impedance bandwidth enhancement of microstrip patch antennas. Wideband impedance matching is a standard practice for active circuits. Simple impedance matching of antennas is also quite common, but data on wideband impedance matching of antennas is not found very much in the open literature. The matching circuit presented consists out of a resonant LC-circuit with a quarterwave matching line as part of the design. Results for a number or experimental antennas, on which the new technique was applied, are included in the report. A well-defined design procedure is also presented, and results in a relatively small circuit to implement. It is shown that the antenna VSWR bandwidth could be improved to more than double the original size in most of the antennas investigated. |
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dc.description.availability |
unrestricted |
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dc.description.department |
Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering |
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dc.identifier.citation |
De Haaij, D 2003, The design of feed networks for enhanced bandwidth operation of microstrip patch antennas, M dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28104 > |
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dc.identifier.upetdurl |
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09222005-084315/ |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28104 |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.publisher |
University of Pretoria |
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dc.rights |
© 2003, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
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dc.subject |
Strip transmission lines |
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dc.subject |
Microstrip antennas |
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dc.subject |
Microwave antennas |
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dc.subject |
UCTD |
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dc.title |
The design of feed networks for enhanced bandwidth operation of microstrip patch antennas |
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dc.type |
Dissertation |
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