A Zero-Index Metamaterial Single Layer Superstrate for Patch Antenna Gain Enhancement

• Authors: C. Saleh , D. Bensafieddine , E. Laamari , M. Bouzouad
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The objective of this paper is to use a zero refractive index n metamaterial as single layer superstrate suspended above a microstrip patch antenna (MPA), operating at 43 GHz, for the gain enhancement. The single metamaterial layer superstrate is composed of a periodic arrangement of Jerusalem cross unit-cells, and behaves as an homogeneous medium characterized by a refractive index close to zero. This metamaterial low index property allows gathering radiated waves from the antenna and collimates them towards the superstrate normal direction. The proposed design improves the antenna gain by 5.1 dB.

Keywords

EN

78.67.Pt; 84.40.Ba

Discipline

• 78.67.Pt: Multilayers; superlattices; photonic structures; metamaterials(see also 81.05.Xj, Metamaterials for chiral, bianisotropic and other complex media)
• 84.40.Ba: Antennas: theory, components and accessories(for plasma interactions with antennas, see 52.40.Fd in plasma physics)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 128
• Issue: 2B
• Pages: B-307-B-309

Dates

published

2015-8

Contributors

author

C. Saleh

• Telecommunications, Signal and Systems Laboratory, BP 37G, Route de Gharda "ıa, 03000, Laghouat, Algeria

author

D. Bensafieddine

• Telecommunications, Signal and Systems Laboratory, BP 37G, Route de Gharda "ıa, 03000, Laghouat, Algeria

author

E. Laamari

• Telecommunications, Signal and Systems Laboratory, BP 37G, Route de Gharda "ıa, 03000, Laghouat, Algeria

author

M. Bouzouad

• Telecommunications, Signal and Systems Laboratory, BP 37G, Route de Gharda "ıa, 03000, Laghouat, Algeria

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.128.B-307