Title :
Metamaterial-Inspired Engineering of Antennas
Author :
Ziolkowski, Richard W. ; Jin, Peng ; Lin, Chia-Ching
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
A variety of antennas have been engineered with metamaterials (MTMs) and metamaterial-inspired constructs to improve their performance characteristics. Examples include electrically small, near-field resonant parasitic (NFRP) antennas that require no matching network and have high radiation efficiencies. Experimental verification of their predicted behaviors has been obtained. Recent developments with this NFRP electrically small paradigm will be reviewed. They include considerations of increased bandwidths, as well as multiband and multifunctional extensions.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; metamaterial antennas; multifrequency antennas; electrically small antennas; metamaterial-inspired constructs; metamaterial-inspired engineering; multiband extensions; multifunctional extensions; near-field resonant parasitic antennas; radiation efficiency; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Dipole antennas; Finite element methods; Magnetic flux; Magnetic resonance; Parasitic capacitance; Antenna efficiency; antenna theory; electrically small antennas; metamaterials (MTMs); parasitics; quality factors;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2010.2091610
