Title :
EBG Superstrate for Gain Enhancement of a Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna
Author :
Iriarte, J.C. ; Ederra, Inigo ; Gonzalo, Ramon ; Gosh, A. ; Laurin, Jean-Jacques ; Caloz, C. ; Brand, Yan ; Gavrilovic, Milan ; Demers, Yves ; de Maagt, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Universidad Publica de Navarra
Abstract :
EBG enhanced antennas could advantageously replace conventional array antenna in Geo-synchronous global Earth coverage applications at S-band and lower frequencies. This new technology simplifies the antenna configuration and can potentially lead to lighter and cost effective solutions, by either eliminating or strongly simplifying the antenna beam forming network (BFN). Excellent agreement between the predictions and the measurements has been shown
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antennas; photonic band gap; EBG enhanced antennas; EBG superstrate; Geo-synchronous global Earth coverage applications; antenna beam forming network; circularly polarized patch antenna; electromagnetic band gap; gain enhancement; Antenna arrays; Bandwidth; Earth; Frequency; Lattices; Metamaterials; Patch antennas; Periodic structures; Phased arrays; Polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1711237
