Title :
EBG superstrate for gain and bandwidth enhancement of microstrip array antennas
Author :
Attia, Hussein ; Ramahi, Omar M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Waterloo, ON
Abstract :
Two different designs have been studied for the application of EBG as a superstrate for 2 X 2 microstrip array antenna. It was shown that the cross-stacked EBG superstrate improves the input impedance bandwidth and reduces the overall size of the antenna in comparison to previous designs.
Keywords :
microstrip antenna arrays; photonic band gap; EBG superstrate; bandwidth enhancement; gain enhancement; impedance bandwidth; microstrip array antennas; Bandwidth; Dielectric constant; Frequency; Impedance; Metamaterials; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Periodic structures; Photonic band gap; Planar arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2041-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2042-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2008.4619317
