Title :
Advances in conformal antennas based on high impedance and EBG metamaterial surfaces
Author :
Vardaxoglou, J C. ; Palikaras, George K.
Author_Institution :
School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
Abstract :
The ability of novel and emergent high impedance conformal metamaterial surfaces to reduce the diameter of cylindrical microwave antennas while improving antenna operating performance characteristics will be experimentally explored for various structures. A full-wave analysis has been applied to an infinitely long cylindrical cavity that provides physical insight in the HIS/EBG coexisting operation. The proposed structures include resonant-cavity type antennas, of different profile thickness: λ/2, λ/4 and λ/6 operating around 2.3GHz.
Keywords :
Antenna measurements; Arrays; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Metamaterials; Periodic structures;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS), Proceedings of 2013 URSI International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hiroshima, Japan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4939-0
