Title :
Bandwidth enhanced microstrip patch antenna using metamaterials
Author :
Bala, B.D. ; Rahim, M.K.A. ; Murad, N.A.
Author_Institution :
Radio Commun. Eng. Dept., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
Abstract :
In this paper, a metamaterial antenna based on Split Ring Resonator (SRR) and a Thin Wire (TW) is proposed and studied. The proposed antenna consists of six unit cells and a thin wire of Left Handed Materials (LHM) arranged in 2×3 printed on same side of substrate. The TW stub of the unit cell is used to connect the LHM´s to the radiating edge of a microstrip patch antenna. The constitutive parameter of the LHM is retrieve to reveal the left handed region. By using these techniques, the bandwidth of the metamaterial antenna is twice that of the ordinary patch antenna at the same operating frequency.
Keywords :
microstrip antennas; microwave metamaterials; bandwidth enhanced microstrip patch antenna; left handed materials; metamaterial antenna; metamaterials; split ring resonator; thin wire; Bandwidth; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Constitutive Parameters; Left Handed Metamaterial; Microstrip Patch Antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics (APACE), 2012 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melaka
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3114-2
DOI :
10.1109/APACE.2012.6457676
