Title :
Experimental study of a λ/2-patch antenna loaded with an array of metasolenoids as artificial magnetic substrate
Author :
Ikonen, Pekka ; Kärkkäinen, Mikko ; Tretyakov, Sergei
Author_Institution :
Radio Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
We have experimentally studied the effect of artificial magnetic material loading to the radiation properties of a half-wavelength patch antenna. The aim is to investigate whether it is practically feasible to achieve effective inductive loading with an array of stacked split-ring resonators. Reference measurements with dielectric loading are conducted to estimate the magnetic response of the proposed material load at the operational frequency.
Keywords :
dielectric-loaded antennas; inhomogeneous media; magnetic materials; microstrip antennas; substrates; antenna radiation properties; artificial magnetic substrate; dielectric loading; half-wavelength patch antenna; inductive loading; magnetic response estimation; metasolenoid array; stacked split-ring resonators; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Dielectric measurements; Dielectric substrates; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Loaded antennas; Magnetic materials; Magnetic properties; Patch antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8883-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2005.1551883
