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Ultra‐wideband coplanar boat microstrip patch with modified ground plane by using electromagnetic band‐gap structure for wireless communication
Author(s) -
Elsheakh Dalia N.,
Elsadek Hala A.,
Abdallah Esmat A.,
Iskander Magdy,
Elhenawy Hadia
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.25129
Subject(s) - ground plane , microstrip antenna , patch antenna , wideband , engineering , microwave , conductor , electrical engineering , bandwidth (computing) , monopole antenna , microstrip , acoustics , antenna (radio) , electronic engineering , physics , telecommunications , materials science , composite material
A new antenna structure using triangular patch alongside a small trapezoidal shape ground plane with proximity fed is proposed in this article. The proposed antenna design provides a bandwidth in the range from 2 < 35 GHz with band discontinuities. Improvement is done in antenna performance by using electromagnetic band‐gap (EBG) structure. First, dumb‐bell shapes as 2D‐EBG are etched in the feeding line. Second, embedded spiral artificial magnetic conductor with four arms to introduce sufficient inductive impedance is done. The resultant bandwidth increases to three times than the original bandwidth and reduces the antenna size as well as enhancing the antenna gain. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52: 1159–1164, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience. wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.25129