Improved Radiation Performance of Low Profile Printed Slot Antenna Using Wideband Planar AMC Surface

Metamaterials are assemblies of metallic and/or dielectric materials with properties that are not readily found in naturally existing materials. Hence, metamaterial structures are commonly loaded on/near the patch, embedded in the substrate, loaded/etched from the ground plane or placed as a superstrate layer for enhancing bandwidth and gain, and size miniaturization of conventional patch antennas. The demand for wide bandwidth, high gain, and compact antennas is highly contemplated in recent wireless communication research studies. Despite their lightweight, ease of fabrication, low profile, and simplicity for integration, patch antennas have performance limitations as result of their narrow bandwidth, lower gain, larger size, and lower power handling capacity. To address these problems, metamaterial‐based antennas have gained massive interest. There exist inadequate literatures about review of current state of extensive study reports on metamaterial application for patch antenna performance enhancement. Thus, this paper has reviewed and discussed latest research works on metamaterial applications for performance enhancement of planar patch antennas.

Section: Applications Of Metamaterials In Antenna Engineeringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of metamaterials for performance enhancement of planar antennas: A review

Tadesse

Acharya

Sahu

2020

“…In such cases, the EBGs are working as the parasitic elements of the patch antenna. Therefore, the bandwidths are broadened due to the combinations of the capacitive and inductive couplings from the effects of the patch antenna and the parasitic EBG elements …”

Section: Design and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Design of defective electromagnetic band-gap structures for use in dual-band patch antennas

Zhang

Zhan

et al. 2018

Generally, the surface wave of an antenna can be suppressed by integrating the electromagnetic band‐gap (EBG) structures. However, to achieve this effect, the EBG cells must be reasonably designed, otherwise it may lead to performance degradation instead. In this article, a dual‐band pinwheel‐shaped slot EBG structure is proposed. When applied to a patch antenna, defects are introduced into 3 rows of the EBG unit cells. The proposed antenna, incorporating EBGs designed with structural defects, to radiate at 4.9 and 5.4 GHz is simulated and tested. The measured results show that the −10‐dB bandwidth of the proposed EBG antenna is extended by 41% and 25.4% at low frequency and high frequency, respectively. In addition, the peak gain of the proposed EBG antenna is increased by 2.44 dB at 4.9 GHz and 2.86 dB at 5.4 GHz with >40% efficiency. When compared with the periodic EBG antenna, this antenna is more effective. Thus, these experimental results show that the performance of the EBG antenna can be improved by interrupting the periodicity of the EBGs structures.

“…Various researches have been presented to improve the performance of different structures by using AMC surfaces . In these studies, a mushroom‐type AMC surface is recognized as a useful technique for various applications to improve the performance of the low profile structures .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparative investigation of reflection and band gap properties of finite periodic wideband artificial magnetic conductor surfaces for microwave circuits applications in X‐band

Malekpoor

2019

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In this study, novel designs of artificial magnetic conductors (AMCs) for wideband operation are introduced. By using two techniques of the planar parasitic patches and stacked elements, AMC unit cells are achieved. The first design of the AMC unit cell is composed of four symmetric patches with two arms, which are coupled to a rhombic patch at the center. The second AMC design is configured of two stacked patches, which are connected together through the air spacing. The first and second AMC designs operate at the frequencies of 10.15 and 10.65 GHz with ±90° reflection phase bandwidths of 8 to 12.38 GHz (43.15%) and 8 to 12.90 GHz (46%), respectively, for X‐band operation. The proposed AMC unit cells present prominent features such as symmetric structures and wide bandwidths with distinct capabilities. To achieve an accurate evaluation of AMC performance, the reflection and band gap properties of the finite periodic AMC surfaces are investigated. The finite periodic arrays of the AMC reflectors are implemented and tested. The measured results show that they can be applied for wideband applications in microwave circuits and low profile antennas. The 15 × 15 AMC planar and stacked arrays under normal incidence operate at the frequencies of 9.89 and 10.25 GHz with the measured bandwidths of 7.85 to 12.02 GHz and 7.77 to 12.58 GHz, respectively. In addition, to identify the band gap properties of the finite periodic planar and stacked AMC arrays, the method of the suspended microstrip line is applied. For this purpose, the measured band gaps of the planar and stacked arrays include the ranges of 8.12 to 12.63 GHz and 7.81 to 12.10 GHz below −20 dB, respectively.