Investigation and design of 3D metamaterial for the enhancement of patch antenna radiation

Author

Griguer, H. ; Marzolf, E. ; Lalj, H. ; Riouch, F. ; Drissi, M.

Author_Institution

IETR, UEB, Rennes, France

fYear

2009

fDate

1-5 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper we present the design of a new metamaterial cell which is double negative in permeability and in permittivity. This paper presents a design of a 3D metamaterial based on a symmetrical half ring (SHR-W) unit cell. The effective parameters of the SRH cell are presently negative and exhibit low loss. A 3D metamaterial equivalent model based on SHR-W was used like a lens on top of a patch antenna. The results showed an improvement on the directivity and on the gain. The presented work opens the studied field into several directions, especially for the realization of tuneable metamaterials which can be used within reconfigurable antenna systems

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; lens antennas; metamaterials; microstrip antennas; permeability; permittivity; 3D metamaterial equivalent model; SHR-W unit cell; double negative material; lens antenna; patch antenna radiation pattern; permeability; permittivity; reconfigurable antenna system; symmetrical half ring; Dielectric substrates; Electrons; Lenses; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Optical resonators; Patch antennas; Permeability; Permittivity; 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.2009.5171944

Filename

5171944