Title :
Simulations and experiments with metamaterial flat antenna lens using cubic high dielectric resonators
Author :
Kim, Jaewon ; Gopinath, Anand
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Abstract :
In this paper, a flat metamaterial antenna lens was proposed to improve the gain of a rectangular patch. Cubic high dielectric resonators periodically embedded in a low dielectric substrate were used as a metamaterial lens. Double-negative metamaterial characteristic are obtained around the degenerate mode resonant frequency of cubic resonators. The antenna gain with this lens has increased by nearly 5 dB, as predicted and also measured experimentally.
Keywords :
dielectric resonator antennas; lens antennas; metamaterials; microstrip antennas; cubic high dielectric resonator; double-negative metamaterial characteristic; metamaterial flat antenna lens; rectangular patch; Antenna measurements; Dielectric measurements; Dielectric resonator antennas; Dielectric substrates; Lenses; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Periodic structures; Refractive index; Scattering parameters;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology, 2009. iWAT 2009. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Santa Monica, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4395-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4396-3
DOI :
10.1109/IWAT.2009.4906878
