Title :
Patch antenna over RIS substrate: a novel miniaturized wideband planar antenna design
Author :
Buell, K. ; Cruickshank, D. ; Mosallaei, H. ; Sarabandi, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
We propose the novel design of patch antenna over a reactive impedance surface (RIS). The RIS has the minimum interaction with the patch and dramatically enhances antenna performance metrics, namely, size, bandwidth, and efficiency.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; impedance matching; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; antenna bandwidth; antenna efficiency; antenna miniaturization; antenna performance metrics; antenna size; impedance matching; patch antenna; radiation pattern; reactive impedance surface; resonance frequency; return loss; wideband planar antenna design; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Dielectric materials; Dielectric substrates; Finite difference methods; Patch antennas; Permittivity; Planar arrays; Surface impedance; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Columbus, OH, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7846-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2003.1220172
