Title :
A single-layer thin partially reflecting surface for tri-band directivity enhancement
Author :
Zeb, Basit Ali ; Yuehe Ge ; Esselle, Karu P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
A method is described in this paper to design a tri-band electromagnetic band gap (EBG) resonator antenna by engineering the reflection phase characteristics of a thin partially reflecting surface (PRS). The proposed PRS consists of periodic arrays of printed dipoles on both sides of a 1.6mm-thick RT/Duroid 5880 dielectric substrate. The profile of the reflection phase curve of the PRS helps to satisfy the necessary conditions for directivity enhancement at three distinct frequency bands. Computed radiation patterns confirm the directivity enhancement and operation of the proposed tri-band EBG resonator antenna.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; dielectric materials; dipole antennas; directive antennas; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; photonic band gap; PRS; RT-Duroid 5880 dielectric substrate; computed radiation patterns; directivity enhancement; periodic arrays; printed dipoles; reflection phase characteristics; reflection phase curve; single-layer thin partially reflecting surface; size 1.6 mm; triband EBG resonator antenna; triband directivity enhancement; triband electromagnetic band gap resonator antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Cavity resonators; Dipole antennas; Metamaterials; Periodic structures; Reflection; Resonant frequency; Electromagnetic band gap (EBG); Fabry-Perot resonance; partially reflecting surface; reflection phase; tri-band;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2012 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1330-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1331-6
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2012.6421663
