Resonant frequency of a rectangular microstrip patch on several uniaxial substrates

A full-wave analysis for determining the resonant frequency of a rectangular microstrip patch on multiple uniaxial anisotropic layers with or without an anisotropic overlay is presented. Two independent methods are used to derive the immittance matrix for the patch, from which the resonant frequency is determined. They are the Hertz vector potentials and the modified spectral domain immittance approach. Numerical results of the resonant frequency are given for several patch configurations, including cases of a patch on a single anisotropic layer, a patch on a double layer with one layer anisotropic and one layer isotropic, a suspended patch resonator with anisotropic substrate, a patch with anisotropic overlay and a patch on two anisotropic substrates with an anisotropic overlay. Changes in the resonant frequency of up to 58% are reported as n/sub x//n/sub y/ is changed from 1.0 (for isotropic substrates) to 2.0. >

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