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Why is a bandwidth increase caused by dielectric loss not worth having?

  • A.Loss shifts the centre frequency away from the design value
  • B.Lossy substrates are more expensive than low loss ones to manufacture
  • C.The extra bandwidth comes from dissipation rather than radiation
  • D.The bandwidth increase is too small to be measured reliably in practice

Answer: C

Bandwidth is inversely proportional to the total quality factor, and lowering that factor by adding loss widens the response while sending the added energy into heat instead of into space. The antenna looks better matched and radiates less. The same trap appears whenever a resistive element is added to flatten a response. Asking where the energy goes, rather than what the match looks like, is the reliable test of whether a bandwidth improvement is genuine.

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