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A Novel Parallel-Series Feeding Network of Microstrip Patch Arrays with Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line for Millimeter Wave Applications*

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A novel parallel-series feeding network of microstrip patch arrays with composite right/left-handed transmission line (CRLH-TL) for millimeter wave applications is proposed. Since there is no inserting phase shift in the patch elements with CRLH-TL feeding structure, the inherent pattern shift resulting from the traditional parallel-series feeding network is removed. Besides, because of the simpler structure and the shorter length of the CRLH-TL feeding network, the antenna array is of higher gain than that with the conventional parallel feeding network.

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  1. Department of Electronics Engineering and Information Science, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, People’s Republic of China, 230027

    Zhongxiang Zhang & Shanjia Xu

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* Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60371010) and (No. 60471037)

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Zhang, Z., Xu, S. A Novel Parallel-Series Feeding Network of Microstrip Patch Arrays with Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line for Millimeter Wave Applications*. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 26, 1329–1341 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-005-7607-4

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