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

Volume

5

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

421

Lastpage

423

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);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2006.883950

Filename

1707973