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What is a circular patch antenna's dominant mode?

  • A.The mode in which the field is uniform everywhere beneath the patch
  • B.A mode whose field varies only radially and not around the circumference
  • C.The lowest order mode with one field variation around the circumference
  • D.A mode with two full variations around the circumference of the disc

Answer: C

The dominant mode of a circular disc has a single azimuthal variation and a radial distribution given by a Bessel function, and it radiates a broadside pattern much like the rectangular patch. Higher order modes give patterns with nulls or with conical shapes and are used deliberately in some designs. A uniform field would not radiate, and a purely radial mode gives the conical monopole like pattern of the higher order case. Modes are what a cavity model gives you to work with.

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