Title :
Sidelobes attenuation of cellular base station antenna due to application of metamaterials
Author :
Lagarkov, A.N. ; Semenenko, V.N. ; Fedorenko, A.I. ; Chistyaev, V.A. ; Balabuha, N.P. ; Moiseev, V.P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Theor. & Appl. Electromagn., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
High efficiency of unwanted lateral radiation attenuation due to application of radio absorbers based on metamaterials is shown in the paper by the example of the cellular base station antenna AMPA065-18. More than 10 dB far sidelobe attenuation of the radiation far-field patterns is obtained for both co-polarization and cross-polarization. The additional suppression in power gain is found to be less than 0.5 dB due to application of radio absorbers.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; cellular radio; dipole antenna arrays; electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave polarisation; metamaterials; AMPA065-18; cellular base station antenna; co-polarization; cross-polarization; far sidelobe attenuation; metamaterials; power gain suppression; radiation far-field patterns; radio absorbers; unwanted lateral radiation attenuation; Antenna theory; Attenuation; Base stations; Biological materials; Electromagnetic radiation; Frequency; Helium; Metamaterials; Permeability; Permittivity;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Telecommunication Technology, 2004. CriMico 2004. 2004 14th International Crimean Conference on
Print_ISBN :
966-7968-69-3
DOI :
10.1109/CRMICO.2004.183230
