Title :
Shorted microstrip antenna on a photonic bandgap substrate
Author :
Pavlickovski, D. ; Waterhouse, Rod B.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, Vic., Australia
fDate :
9/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A microstrip shorted patch antenna with a photonic bandgap (PBG) ground plane is presented. A shorted patch with identical dimensions on a conventional ground plane is also included, so that a direct performance comparison can be made. Measured data shows a gain improvement of over 3 dB and a significant reduction in cross polarization for the new PBG antenna.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; photonic band gap; substrates; PBG ground plane; patch antenna; photonic bandgap substrate; shorted microstrip antenna; Antennas and propagation; Conducting materials; Dielectric materials; Dielectric substrates; Manufacturing; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Photonic band gap; Surface waves; Systems engineering and theory;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2003.816315
