Title :
Metamaterial-inspired electrically small canopy antenna with active internal element for bandwidth enhancement
Author :
Jin, Peng ; Ziolkowski, Richard W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, a very electrically small canopy antenna is introduced. The canopy antenna radiates at ap 297Mhz with a Qratio ap 1.75. An active internal matching network is applied to this canopy antenna; over a 10% fractional bandwidth is obtained for this ESA (a ~ lambda/137).
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; metamaterials; monopole antennas; active internal element; active internal matching network; bandwidth enhancement; electrically small canopy antenna; fractional bandwidth; metamaterial-inspired canopy antenna; Application software; Bandwidth; Coaxial components; Electric resistance; Electronic mail; Fabrication; Frequency; Government; Impedance; Protection;
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.2009.5171930
