Title :
Investigations on Volumetric Layered Transmission Line Metamaterials for Antenna Applications
Author :
Bongard, Frederic ; Mosig, Juan R. ; van der Vorst, M.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Electromagn. et d´Acoust. (LEMA), Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne
Abstract :
This paper presents the investigations on a volumetric negative refractive index metamaterial (MTM) based on the transmission line (TL) approach to be used as a substrate for patch antennas. A prototype of such a structure, obtained by stacking several 1D planar TL based MTM, has been designed and built. Possibilities of using this kind of MTM substrate for the implementation of multi-frequency patch antennas are discussed.
Keywords :
metamaterials; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; planar antennas; substrates; transmission lines; 1D planar antenna; multifrequency patch antenna; negative refractive index; substrate; volumetric layered transmission line metamaterial; CRLH TL; Metamaterials; antennas; left-handed medium; negative refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2007. EuCAP 2007. The Second European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-842-6
