Experimental Analysis of an Ultrawideband Hybrid EBG/Ferrite Ground Plane

Author

Bell, Jodie M. ; Iskander, Magdy F.

Author_Institution

Hawaii Center for Adv. Commun., Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

Volume

58

Issue

8

fYear

2009

Firstpage

2899

Lastpage

2905

Abstract

This paper presents an experimental analysis of the previously presented ultrawideband and low-profile hybrid electromagnetic-band-gap (EBG)/ferrite ground plane. The method implemented to fabricate the hybrid ground plane, the experimental measurement procedure, and the experimental results will be described. Measurements were performed in a transverse electromagnetic (TEM) cell that was specifically designed and characterized for these measurements. As will be shown, the experimental results of the reflectivity and phase analyses of the ultrawideband hybrid ground plane show good correlation with the simulated results.

Keywords

ferrite devices; photonic band gap; ultra wideband antennas; low-profile hybrid electromagnetic-band-gap-ferrite ground plane; phase analyses; transverse electromagnetic cell; ultrawideband hybrid EBG-ferrite ground plane; Artificial magnetic conductor (AMC); electromagnetic band gap (EBG); ferrite; ground plane; hybrid EBG/ferrite; low profile; phased array antenna; transverse electromagnetic (TEM) cell; ultrawideband; unidirectional radiation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2009.2016374

Filename

4907155