DocumentCode
2644054
Title
Performance enhancement of the compact microstrip antennas using AMC ground planes
Author
Foroozesh, Alireza ; Shafai, Lotfollah
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
fYear
2009
fDate
1-5 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Employing the artificial surfaces as the planar microstrip antenna ground planes has shown promising results. This paper presents the application of artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) in input impedance bandwidth and gain enhancements of the compact size microstrip antennas. It is shown that using AMC ground plane, the input impedance of a compact conventional microstrip antenna can be enhanced from 2.8% to about 8%. Peak gain is also increased from 5.4 dBi to 6.71 dBi.
Keywords
conductors (electric); microstrip antennas; planar antennas; artificial magnetic conductor; ground planes; input impedance enhancement; planar microstrip antennas; Antenna radiation patterns; Apertures; Application software; Bandwidth; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Reflection; Resonant frequency; Software packages; Surface impedance;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE
Conference_Location
Charleston, SC
ISSN
1522-3965
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3647-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APS.2009.5171525
Filename
5171525
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