Title :
Applying electric-magnetic-electric (EME) composite metal strips to reduce the size of patch antennas
Author :
Tsai, Chang-Yi ; Tzuang, Ching-Kuang C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electr. Commun. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel technology to reduce the size of microstrip patch antennas. Utilizing this recently developed periodic structure ( EME metal strips), we can increase the slow-wave factor of microstrip lines. This benefit can help us to reduce the size of patch antennas. According to our experimental results, the resonant length and area of the EME patch can be reduced to be 76% and 57% when compared with the conventional one
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; periodic structures; 2 to 3 GHz; EME metal strips; EME patch area reduction; antenna size reduction; electric-magnetic-electric composite metal strips; microstrip patch antennas; periodic structure; resonant length; slow-wave factor; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Costs; Dielectric materials; Frequency; Loss measurement; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Periodic structures; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2001. APMC 2001. 2001 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7138-0
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2001.985336
