Compact directive antennas using metallic photonic crystals

Author

Guérin, Nicolas ; Hafner, Christian ; Vahldieck, Ruediger

Author_Institution

Lab. for Electromagn. Fields & Microwave Electron., ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

3A

fYear

2005

fDate

3-8 July 2005

Firstpage

6

Abstract

The paper presents a theoretical, numerical and experimental study for the design of a three-dimensional directive antenna for microwave telecommunications (Ku-band: 12-18 GHz) applications. This antenna uses metallic photonic crystals which act as an ultrarefractive metamaterial. This structure is much more compact than classical solutions and uses a single feeding device. The development of a numerical 3D code computing the diffraction by metallic biperiodic gratings allows this kind of antenna to be modelled and optimized. Numerical results are confirmed by experiments in an anechoic chamber.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; computational electromagnetics; diffraction gratings; directive antennas; metamaterials; microwave antennas; optimisation; photonic crystals; 12 to 18 GHz; anechoic chamber; compact directive antennas; diffraction; feeding device; metallic biperiodic gratings; metallic photonic crystals; microwave telecommunications; optimization; radiation patterns; three-dimensional directive antenna; ultrarefractive metamaterial; Diffraction; Directive antennas; Frequency; Gratings; Metamaterials; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Permittivity; Photonic crystals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8883-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2005.1552159

Filename

1552159