Title :
Design of a directive and matched antenna with a planar EBG structure
Author :
Boutayeb, H. ; Mahdjoubi, K. ; Tarot, A.C.
Author_Institution :
INRS Telecommun., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
The purpose of this presentation is to propose a method to design a directive and matched antenna with a planar electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure. The EBG structure of our example consists of metallic wires. This study uses the FDTD method and analytical formulas.
Keywords :
directive antennas; finite difference time-domain analysis; impedance matching; microwave antennas; monopole antennas; photonic crystals; FDTD; directive antenna; electromagnetic band gap; matched antenna; metallic wire structure; microwave antennas; monopole exciting source; periodic structures; planar EBG structure; Design methodology; Directive antennas; Filtering; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Impedance; Metamaterials; Periodic structures; Resonance; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8302-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2004.1329800
