Title :
Application of the artificial magnetic conductor ground plane for enhancement of antenna input impedance bandwidth
Author :
Foroozesh, Alireza ; Shafai, Lotfollah
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper a wire inverted L-shape monopole antenna is considered as the source. This antenna is not matched when it is placed above a PEC ground plane. Using three different artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) ground planes the antenna is not only matched at the desired frequency but its input impedance bandwidth is also increased significantly. Effects of the ground plane size are also studied.
Keywords :
monopole antennas; L-shape monopole antenna; antenna gain; antenna ground plane; antenna input impedance bandwidth enhancement; artificial magnetic conductor ground plane; bandwidth enhancement; impedance matching; microstrip antennas; planar antennas; vexing shorting pins; wire inverted monopole antenna; Application software; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Conductors; Impedance matching; Microstrip antennas; Pins; Planar arrays; Surface impedance; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Charleston, SC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3647-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2009.5171694
