Title :
Metamaterial and auxetic hybrid composite antennas
Author :
Gupta, Nishu ; Gupta, K.M.
Author_Institution :
Babu Banarsi Das Nat. Inst. of Technol. & Manage., Lucknow, India
Abstract :
A new class of artificial material has been conceived to construct antennas. The material system comprises of metamaterial (metal+dielectric) and auxetic (expanding) material. This new breed of composite may be fabricated in the form of hybrid laminates having interply and intraply configurations. The profile of hybrid laminates can be chosen to suit the requirements of different types of antennas e.g. mobile phone antennas and GPS antennas etc. It is expected that such a versatile material will enhance the bandwidth of antennas and will improve the gain in their performance. It will also result in miniaturization of antennas. However, a rigorous research effort has to be undertaken.
Keywords :
broadband antennas; composite materials; laminates; metamaterials; mobile antennas; GPS antennas; artificial material; auxetic hybrid composite antennas; bandwidth enhancement; composite materials; hybrid laminates; interply configurations; intraply configurations; metamaterial antennas; mobile phone antennas; wideband antenna; Auxetic materials; Broadband antennas; Dielectric materials; Global Positioning System; Inorganic materials; Metamaterials; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; UHF antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, 2005. IWAT 2005. IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8842-9
DOI :
10.1109/IWAT.2005.1461105
