Journal
IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages 1198-1201Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2009.2035149
Keywords
Engineered magnetic materials; engineered superstrate; metamaterials; microstrip antenna; modified split ring resonator (MSRR)
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This letter presents a novel engineered magnetic superstrate designed to enhance the gain and efficiency of a microstrip patch antenna without any substantial increase in the profile of the whole structure ( the antenna with the superstrate). The modified split ring resonator (MSRR) inclusions are used in the design of the engineered magnetic superstrate. Numerical full-wave simulations as well as analytical models are used to analyze the entire radiating system. Considering as an example a microstrip antenna operating within the UMTS band, the broadside gain of the antenna was improved by 3.4 dB and the efficiency was improved by 17% when using the engineered superstrate. The total height of the proposed structure, antenna with superstrate, is lambda(0)/7, where lambda(0) is the free-space wavelength at the resonance frequency of the antenna.
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