A Super Wideband printed antenna with enhanced gain using FSS structure

Author

Naqvi, Aqeel H. ; Tahir, Farooq A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. (SEECS), Nat. Univ. of Sci. & Technol. (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 Jan. 2015

Firstpage

557

Lastpage

559

Abstract

Super Wideband (SWB) printed antenna with enhanced gain covering the impedance bandwidth ranging from 3-20GHz is presented. Gain enhancement of the antenna is achieved using appropriately designed frequency selective structure (FSS) acting as a band stop filter i.e. reflector, while keeping the bandwidth of antenna unchanged. The FSS used effectively reflects the in-phase radiations with a very low transmission coefficient over the entire bandwidth which is key requirement for providing antenna gain enhancement for wide frequency range. Hence significant improvement in antenna gain has been achieved using low profile and without compromising the impedance bandwidth. Results show a significant improvement in gain (i.e. 4-5dB) over the whole frequency range.

Keywords

band-stop filters; broadband antennas; frequency selective surfaces; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; FSS structure; antenna gain enhancement; band stop filter; frequency 3 GHz to 20 GHz; frequency selective structure; impedance bandwidth; in-phase radiations; super wideband printed antenna; very low transmission coefficient; Antenna radiation patterns; Frequency selective surfaces; Reflector antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Wireless communication; frequency selective surface (FSS); gain enhancement; super wideband (SWB); wide band;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST), 2015 12th International Bhurban Conference on

Conference_Location

Islamabad

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IBCAST.2015.7058555

Filename

7058555