Title :
Improvements in the performance of compact microstrip antennas using AMC ground planes
Author :
Foroozesh, Alireza ; Shafai, Lotfollah
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Abstract :
In this work, the performances of two conventional compact microstrip antennas are improved using artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) ground planes. Design procedure and simulation results have already been reported in [1]. Therefore, only measurement results are presented here. The measurement results show that the new antennas, compared to the conventional microstrip antennas, demonstrate gain and bandwidth enhancements of about 1.5 dB and 8.5%, respectively.
Keywords :
conductors (electric); microstrip antennas; AMC ground planes; artificial magnetic conductor; compact microstrip antennas; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Electromagnetics; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Antenna gain; Antenna input impedance; Artificial magnetic conductors; Microstrip antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference (ANTEM-AMEREM), 2010 14th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5049-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5050-3
DOI :
10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552376
