Title :
Performance analysis of the mushroom-like-EBG structure integrated with a microstrip patch antenna
Author :
Gnanagurunathan, G. ; Udofia, U.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Abstract :
A performance analysis was carried out on the mushroom-like electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure which is integrated with a microstrip patch antenna. Various configurations of the EBG structure embedded and stacked with the patch antenna were simulated and analysed. Depending on the EBG and patch configuration, the results indicated improvement in the gain, directivity, back lobe suppression and also beamwidth increment when integrated with a patch antenna operating at a frequency of 5.4Ghz.
Keywords :
metamaterials; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; photonic band gap; back lobe suppression; frequency 5.4 GHz; microstrip patch antenna; mushroom-like electromagnetic band gap structure; mushroom-like-EBG structure; performance analysis; Metamaterials; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Periodic structures; metamaterial; mushroom-like EBG; patch antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics (APACE), 2010 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Port Dickson
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8565-9
DOI :
10.1109/APACE.2010.5720086
