Title : 
A bandwidth enhanced printed dipole antenna with metamaterial-inspired loading
         
        
            Author : 
Nordin, M.A.W. ; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Syst. Eng., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A printed dipole antenna for various wireless application is proposed. The printed dipole was loaded with metamaterial-inspired loading in order to improve matching. A slotted and stepped ground plane was then used to enhance the bandwidth. The antenna has a total bandwidth of 56 % at the lowest resonant frequency and an overall size of λ0/3.4 × λ0/13.3 × λ0/375. The gain of the antenna is 2 dB.
         
        
            Keywords : 
dipole antennas; metamaterial antennas; microstrip antennas; bandwidth enhanced printed dipole antenna; metamaterial-inspired loading; slotted ground plane; stepped ground plane; wireless application; Bandwidth; Dipole antennas; Loaded antennas; Loading; Resonant frequency; Slot antennas; Metamaterial-loading; bandwidth enhancement; dipole antenna;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Space Science and Communication (IconSpace), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Melaka
         
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IconSpace.2013.6599460