Characteristics of planar monopole antenna on high impedance electromagnetic surface

Author

Scardelletti, Maximilian C. ; Jastram, Nathan ; Ponchak, George E. ; Franklin, Rhonda R.

Author_Institution

Glenn Res. Center, NASA, Cleveland, OH, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

16-19 Jan. 2011

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

89

Abstract

This paper presents for the first time measured characteristics of a planar monopole antenna placed directly on a high impedance electromagnetic surface or artificial magnetic conductor (AMC). The return loss and radiation patterns are compared between the antenna in free space, and when placed directly on a perfect electrical conductor (PEC), and on the AMC. The antenna measured in free space has a wide pass band from 3 to 10 GHz. The return loss for the antenna on the PEC is nearly all reflected back and the return loss for the antenna on the AMC has a 10 dB bandwidth from 7.5 to 9.5 GHz. The gain of the antenna in free space, on PEC and on AMC is 1, -12 and 10 dBi, respectively. This indicates that the AMC is working properly, sending all the radiation outward with little loss.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; monopole antennas; planar antennas; surface electromagnetic waves; artificial magnetic conductor; high impedance electromagnetic surface; perfect electrical conductor; planar monopole antenna; radiation patterns; return loss; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Conductors; Reflector antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Antenna; Artificial Magnetic Conductor; High Impedance Electromagnetic Surface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7687-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RWS.2011.5725505

Filename

5725505