A high directivity patch antenna using a PBG cover together with a PBG substrate

Author

Zhu, Fangining ; Lin, Qingchun ; He, Sailing ; Hu, Jun ; Ying, Zhinong

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. for Modern Opt. Instrum., Center for Opt. & Electromagn. Res., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2003

fDate

Oct. 28 2003-Nov. 1 2003

Firstpage

92

Lastpage

95

Abstract

A high directivity patch antenna using a photonic bandgap (PBG) cover together with a PBG substrate is designed. The input return loss, radiation pattern and directivity of this antenna are studied by the finite-difference time-domain method. The directivity of the PBG antenna is greatly improved. Experimental results are also reported to verify the design.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antennas; photonic band gap; substrates; PBG cover; PBG substrate; antenna directivity; antenna input return loss; antenna radiation pattern; finite-difference time-domain method; high directivity patch antenna; photonic bandgap cover; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas and propagation; Cutoff frequency; Finite difference methods; Mobile antennas; Optical surface waves; Patch antennas; Photonic band gap; Satellite antennas; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 6th International SYmposium on

Conference_Location

Beijing, China

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7831-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAPE.2003.1276636

Filename

1276636