Title :
Design of printed antenna with left-handed array
Author :
Qi, Zhu ; Huan, Liao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Sci., China Univ. of Sci. & Tech., Hefei, China
Abstract :
Based on the structure of left-handed transmission lines (LH-TLs), novel high-gain printed antennas with left-handed transmission line are proposed. Numerical results prove that present antennas have higher gain than the traditional microstrip antennas with the similar area.
Keywords :
metamaterials; microstrip antennas; transmission lines; LH-TL; left-handed array; left-handed transmission lines; microstrip antennas; printed antenna design; Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Capacitance; Capacitors; Circuits; Frequency; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Propagation constant; Transmission line antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference Proceedings, 2005. APMC 2005. Asia-Pacific Conference Proceedings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9433-X
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2005.1606886