• DocumentCode
    573681
  • Title

    A wideband zero index metamaterial lens for directive emission based on Z-shaped meta-atom

  • Author

    Lv, Yue-Long ; Meng, Fan-Yi ; Hua, Jun ; Chen, Mei-Liang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Microwave Eng., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    27-30 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    418
  • Lastpage
    421
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a zero index metamaterial lens (ZIML) based on Z-shaped meta-atom is proposed to achieve directive emission. Z-shaped meta-atom is implement as the unit cell of the ZIML to achieve near zero permittivity for wideband. Patch antennas work at, respectively, 7.27 GHz, 8.02 GHz and 9.14GHz are used to test the directivity enhancement of the ZIML. Simulation results demonstrate that the ZIML we designed is able to significantly improve the directivity of the patch antennas.
  • Keywords
    broadband antennas; metamaterial antennas; microstrip antennas; Z-shaped meta-atom; directive emission; frequency 7.27 GHz; frequency 8.02 GHz; frequency 9.14 GHz; patch antennas; wideband zero index metamaterial lens; Directive antennas; Lenses; Metamaterials; Patch antennas; Permittivity; Wideband; Z-shaped meta-atom; directive emission; lens; patch antenna; wideband; zero index metamaterial (ZIM);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Millimeter Waves (GSMM), 2012 5th Global Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Harbin
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1302-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GSMM.2012.6314088
  • Filename
    6314088