Title :
An application of high-impedance ground planes to phased array antennas
Author :
Broas, Romulo F Jimenez ; Sievenpiper, Daniel F. ; Yablonovitch, Eli
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The high-impedance surface was used as the antenna ground plane between two radiator elements to reduce the inter-element coupling between them. Measurement reveals the optimum performance occurred at the bandgap due to the suppression of surface currents in the ground plane.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; surface impedance; antenna ground plane application; bandgap; high-impedance surface; interelement coupling; phased array antenna; radiator element; surface current suppression; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Cellular phones; Geometry; Phased arrays; Photonic band gap; Resonance; Surface impedance; Surface waves; Telephone sets; Bandgap; coupling; phased array antennas; surface impedance; surface waves;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2005.844408
