DocumentCode
2205959
Title
Improvement of the Radiation Efficiency of the Metamaterial Zero-Order Resonator Antenna
Author
Vrba, David ; Polívka, Milan
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electromagn. Field, Czech Tech. Univ., Prague
fYear
2008
fDate
23-24 April 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
In this paper a technique for improvement of radiation efficiency of metamaterial zero order antenna based on increasing of vertical antenna height is presented. Comparison of the two microstrip line implementation of the zero order resonator (ZOR) antennas with different height over ground plane is demonstrated. Improved ZOR antenna exhibit 75% efficiency compared to 10% of the reference antenna.
Keywords
antenna radiation patterns; metamaterials; microstrip antennas; resonators; ZOR; metamaterial zero-order resonator antenna; microstrip line implementation; radiation efficiency; vertical antenna height; zero order resonator antennas; Capacitors; Directive antennas; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic radiation; Equivalent circuits; Fingers; Metamaterials; Microstrip antennas; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Metamaterial (MTM) antennas; radiation efficiency; zero-order resonator antenna;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Techniques, 2008. COMITE 2008. 14th Conference on
Conference_Location
Prague
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2137-4
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2138-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/COMITE.2008.4569935
Filename
4569935
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