Title :
Small wideband antennas based on Photonic Crystals
Author :
Volakis, John ; Sertel, Kubilay ; Tzanidis, Ioannis
Author_Institution :
ElectroScience Lab., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we propose an approach for designing wideband metamaterial antennas. Our design is based on the wave-slow down provided by coupled-TL (Transmission Line) sections that emulate anisotropic volumetric media (Photonic Crystals). These sections are used to couple antenna elements arranged in an array, thus leading to very large bandwidths (10:1) even when the array is conformally installed on a ground plane.
Keywords :
Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Antenna arrays; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Coupling circuits; Distributed parameter circuits; Frequency; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona, Spain
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6431-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-84-7653-472-4
