• DocumentCode
    673826
  • Title

    A compact metamaterial-based horizontally polarized omnidirectional antenna array

  • Author

    Xianming Qing ; Zhi Ning Chen

  • Author_Institution
    Antenna & Opt. Dept., Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    7-13 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    1792
  • Lastpage
    1793
  • Abstract
    A metamaterial-based horizontally polarized omnidirectional antenna array using zero phase-shift-line loop element is proposed. The antenna with an overall size of 40 mm × 40 mm × 230 mm shows desirable performance over the frequency range of 2.35-2.55 GHz with return loss larger than 10 dB, gain greater than 6 dBi, and omnidirectivity less than ± 2.3 dB.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; loop antennas; metamaterial antennas; omnidirectional antennas; compact metamaterial; frequency 2.35 GHz to 2.55 GHz; horizontally polarized antenna array; loop element; omnidirectional antenna array; return loss; zero phase-shift-line; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Dipole antennas; Gain; Omnidirectional antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5315-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2013.6711555
  • Filename
    6711555