Title :
Photonic Bandgap Stacked Rectangular Microstrip Antenna for Road Vehicle Communication
Author :
Raghava, N.S. ; De, Asok
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Commun. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Delhi
Abstract :
A compact design of a stacked rectangular microstrip antenna with shorting post on slotted ground for road vehicle communication is presented in this letter. The antenna consists of a two stacked rectangular patches with a shorting post on a dielectric substrate micromachined with a rectangular lattice of holes on the ground plane. These lattices of holes act as electromagnetic band-gap structure which improves the antenna´s efficiency. The whole structure is backed by a plane ground with a air gap of 8.5 mm
Keywords :
automated highways; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; mobile radio; photonic band gap; dielectric substrate; electromagnetic band-gap structure; photonic bandgap stacked rectangular microstrip antenna; plane ground; road vehicle communication; shorting post; slotted ground; stacked rectangular patches; Dielectric substrates; Frequency; Lattices; Microstrip antennas; Periodic structures; Photonic band gap; Receiving antennas; Road safety; Road vehicles; Slot antennas; PBG SRMSA; Photonic bandgap (PBG); shorting post; stacked rectangular microstrip antenna (SRMSA);
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2006.883950
