page_title: Microstrip antenna
hierarchical_section_title: Microstrip antenna
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Strahlerarray mit Versorgungsleitungen (Streifenleitungen) einer Flachantenne für TV-Satellitenempfang English: Flat printed circuit antenna array with microstrip feed network for satellite television reception.
context_page_description: In telecommunication, a microstrip antenna usually means an antenna fabricated using photolithographic techniques on a printed circuit board. It is a kind of internal antenna. They are mostly used at microwave frequencies. An individual microstrip antenna consists of a patch of metal foil of various shapes on the surface of a PCB, with a metal foil ground plane on the other side of the board. Most microstrip antennas consist of multiple patches in a two-dimensional array. The antenna is usually connected to the transmitter or receiver through foil microstrip transmission lines. The radio frequency current is applied between the antenna and ground plane. Microstrip antennas have become very popular in recent decades due to their thin planar profile which can be incorporated into the surfaces of consumer products, aircraft and missiles; their ease of fabrication using printed circuit techniques; the ease of integrating the antenna on the same board with the rest of the circuit, and the possibility of adding active devices such as microwave integrated circuits to the antenna itself to make active antennas
context_section_description: In telecommunication, a microstrip antenna (also known as a printed antenna) usually means an antenna fabricated using photolithographic techniques on a printed circuit board (PCB).  It is a kind of internal antenna. They are mostly used at microwave frequencies.  An individual microstrip antenna consists of a patch of metal foil of various shapes (a patch antenna) on the surface of a PCB (printed circuit board), with a metal foil ground plane on the other side of the board.  Most microstrip antennas consist of multiple patches in a two-dimensional array.  The antenna is usually connected to the transmitter or receiver through foil microstrip transmission lines.  The radio frequency current is applied (or in receiving antennas the received signal is produced) between the antenna and ground plane. Microstrip antennas have become very popular in recent decades due to their thin planar profile which can be incorporated into the surfaces of consumer products, aircraft and missiles; their ease of fabrication using printed circuit techniques; the ease of integrating the antenna on the same board with the rest of the circuit, and the possibility of adding active devices such as microwave integrated circuits to the antenna itself to make active antennas
caption: A microstrip antenna array for a satellite television receiver.
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