%0 Journal Article
%T Novel Planar Antenna with a Broadside Radiation
%A Giuseppina Monti
%A Fabrizio Congedo
%A Luciano Tarricone
%J PIER     Letters
%D 2013
%I EMW Publishing
%R 10.2528/PIERL13020606
%X This paper presents a novel low-profile antenna with a broadside radiation. The proposed design strategy consists in modifying the layout of a classical Vivaldi antenna, thus resulting in compact dimensions and a broadside radiation pattern. Two different ways of implementing the proposed design approach are presented and discussed. More specifically, experimental data referring to two prototypes on a FR4 substrate with an operating frequency of 2.45 GHz are reported. The first layout has approximately the same dimensions of a Vivaldi antenna and a directivity of about 7 dBi, the second one has more compact dimensions (the dimensions are smaller than the ones of a standard patch antenna) and a directivity of about 5 dBi.
%U http://www.jpier.org/pierl/pier.php?paper=13020606