Proposed compact antenna based on CRLH metamaterials

Author

Labidi, Mohamed ; Dakhli, N. ; Tabbabi, O. ; BelHadj Tahar, J. ; Choubani, Fethi

Author_Institution

Innov´COM Lab., Sup´COM Carthage Univ., Tunis, Tunisia

fYear

2013

fDate

9-13 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1107

Lastpage

1110

Abstract

In this paper, a study of a compact microstrip antenna based on composite right/left-handed (CRLH) metamaterial transmission line is presented. The physical size and operational frequencies of the antenna are determined by the CRLH unit cell. The antenna exhibits monopolar radiation at its fundamental mode of resonant frequency. It is well known that the composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) has unique property of an infinite guided-wavelength at specific non-zero frequency because of zero propagation constant phase. The operation bandwidth cover the required band widths of the IEEE 802.11 wireless local-area networks (WLAN) standards and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMax) in the 2.97 GHz and 3.345 GHz. The zeroth order resonant frequency was found to be at 3.112 GHz.

Keywords

WiMax; metamaterials; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; wireless LAN; CRLH metamaterials; CRLH unit cell; IEEE 802.11 wireless local-area networks standards; WiMax; compact microstrip antenna; composite right/left-handed metamaterial transmission line; frequency 2.97 GHz; frequency 3.112 GHz; frequency 3.345 GHz; infinite guided-wavelength; microwave access; monopolar radiation; resonant frequency; zero propagation constant phase; zeroth order resonant frequency; Antenna radiation patterns; Metamaterials; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Resonant frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2013 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APWC.2013.6624927

Filename

6624927