The effect of mutual coupling on a microstrip printed antenna array operates at 5 GHz using three different substrates

Abstract

Curvature has a great effect on fringing field of a microstrip antenna. Consequently, the fringing field affects the effective dielectric constant and then all antenna parameters. A new mathematical model for return loss mutual coupling coefficient as a function of curvature for two element array antenna is introduced in this paper. These parameters are given for TM10 mode and using three different substrate materials RT/duroid-5880 PTFE, K-6098 Teflon/Glass and Epsilam-10 ceramic-filled Teflon.