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

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

2993

Lastpage

2996

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1711237

Filename

1711237