Title :
Suppression of the mutual coupling between microstrip antenna arrays using negative permeability metamaterial on LTCC substrate
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electron. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
A simple tridimensional negative permeability metamaterial structure Split Ring Resonator (SRR) based on Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) substrate is proposed to eliminate mutual coupling between array elements. Embedded SRRs can help in the reduction of mutual coupling by using their capability of suppressing surface waves propagation in a given frequency range. By placing the SRR array between two adjacent microstrip antennas, greater than 15 dB peak isolation is achieved for array elements spacing of 0.2λ0.
Keywords :
ceramic packaging; metamaterial antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; LTCC substrate; SRR; array elements; low temperature cofired ceramic; microstrip antenna arrays; mutual coupling suppression; negative permeability metamaterial; split ring resonator; surface waves propagation suppression; Antenna measurements; Metamaterials; Microstrip antenna arrays; Mutual coupling; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6711289