A series-fed microstrip patch array with interconnecting CRLH transmission lines for WLAN applications

Author

Ijaz, Bilal ; Roy, Sandip ; Masud, M.M. ; Iftikhar, A. ; Nariyal, S. ; Ullah, Imdad ; Asirvatham, K. ; Booth, B. ; Braaten, B.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

2088

Lastpage

2091

Abstract

In this paper, a design of a series-fed microstrip array with composite right-/left-handed transmission lines (CRLH-TLs) is being proposed. To ensure that each element in the array is driven with the same voltage phase, dual-band CRLH-TLs are adopted instead of meander-line microstrip lines to provide a compact interconnect with a zero phase-constant at the frequency of operation. The simulation results of the proposed array are verified by measurements done in an anechoic chamber. A bandwidth of 24 MHz was experimentally determined with a center frequency of 2.45 GHz. The proposed array would be useful for 2.45 GHz WLAN applications.

Keywords

anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); antenna feeds; metamaterial antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; microstrip lines; wireless LAN; CRLH transmission lines; WLAN applications; anechoic chamber; bandwidth 24 MHz; compact interconnect; composite right-left-handed transmission lines; dual-band CRLH-TL; frequency 2.4 GHz; meander-line microstrip lines; series-fed microstrip patch array; voltage phase; zero phase-constant; Antennas; Computational modeling; Erbium; Ports (Computers); Wireless LAN; Composite right-/left-handed transmission line; Series-fed array;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546661