Subwavelength resonant cavities fed by microstrip patch array

Author

Burokur, S.N. ; Yahiaoui, R. ; de Lustrac, A.

Author_Institution

Inst. d´´Electron. Fondamentale, Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The analysis and design of subwavelength metamaterial-based resonant cavity antennas are presented. The antennas under investigation are formed by embedding a feeding source in a cavity composed of a perfect electrical conductor (PEC) surface and a metasurface reflector. The feeding source used in this study is a 2 times 2 microstrip patch array. The effect of the cavity thickness is investigated and its influence on the radiation patterns is reported. Finally, the design of highly directive cavity antennas is presented.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; cavity resonators; microstrip antenna arrays; PEC surface reflector; feeding source; metasurface reflector; microstrip patch array; perfect electrical conductor; radiation pattern; subwavelength resonant cavity antenna; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Conductors; Directive antennas; Electromagnetic reflection; Magnetic resonance; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Reflector antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology, 2009. iWAT 2009. IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Santa Monica, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4395-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4396-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAT.2009.4906902

Filename

4906902