Recent advances on metamaterials with applications in terminal and high gain array and reflector antennas

Author

Vardaxoglou, J.C. ; de Maagt, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Loughborough Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

423

Lastpage

426

Abstract

This paper presents recent advances in the design and applications of metamaterials: electromagnetic band gap, artificial magnetic conductor and LH surfaces. Miniaturised EBG surfaces are studied and implemented using closely-coupled double-layer topologies. Antenna characteristics are shown from a multi-frequency array (using non-uniform left handed (LH) superstrate), a compact mobile handset prototype (incorporating a thin flexible miniaturised EBG surface). Furthermore, the use in arrays and reflector antennas is discussed

Keywords

antenna arrays; metamaterials; mobile antennas; mobile handsets; multifrequency antennas; photonic band gap; reflector antennas; artificial magnetic conductor; closely-coupled double-layer topologies; compact mobile handset prototype; electromagnetic band gap; high gain array; metamaterials; miniaturised EBG surfaces; multi-frequency array; reflector antennas; terminal array; Antenna arrays; Dipole antennas; Frequency selective surfaces; Humans; Metamaterials; Periodic structures; Prototypes; Reflector antennas; Resonant frequency; Telephone sets;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1710548

Filename

1710548