• DocumentCode
    2647101
  • Title

    Application of the artificial magnetic conductor ground plane for enhancement of antenna input impedance bandwidth

  • Author

    Foroozesh, Alireza ; Shafai, Lotfollah

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    1-5 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    In this paper a wire inverted L-shape monopole antenna is considered as the source. This antenna is not matched when it is placed above a PEC ground plane. Using three different artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) ground planes the antenna is not only matched at the desired frequency but its input impedance bandwidth is also increased significantly. Effects of the ground plane size are also studied.
  • Keywords
    monopole antennas; L-shape monopole antenna; antenna gain; antenna ground plane; antenna input impedance bandwidth enhancement; artificial magnetic conductor ground plane; bandwidth enhancement; impedance matching; microstrip antennas; planar antennas; vexing shorting pins; wire inverted monopole antenna; Application software; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Conductors; Impedance matching; Microstrip antennas; Pins; Planar arrays; Surface impedance; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Charleston, SC
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3647-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2009.5171694
  • Filename
    5171694