TY - JOUR
T1 - Compact antenna based on a composite right/left-handed transmission line
AU - Alibakhshi-Kenari, Mohammad
AU - Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad
AU - Virdee, Bal S.
AU - Andújar, Aurora
AU - Anguera, Jaume
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2015/8/1
Y1 - 2015/8/1
N2 - This letter presents a novel antenna that is based on composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line unit-cells implemented using slots and spiral inductors that are etched directly on the dielectric substrate by standard manufacturing techniques. The antenna is designed to operate across 5.8-7.3 GHz, which corresponds to a fractional bandwidth of 23%. Measured results confirm the antenna exhibits a relatively wide bandwidth, high gain, and high radiation efficiency characteristics. The measured radiation gain, bandwidth, and efficiency of the antenna at 6.6 GHz are 4.8 dBi, 23%, and 78%, respectively. The fabricated antenna is highly compact and its physical size in terms of the free-space wavelength is 0.39λ0 × 0.13λ0 × 0.015λ0.
AB - This letter presents a novel antenna that is based on composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line unit-cells implemented using slots and spiral inductors that are etched directly on the dielectric substrate by standard manufacturing techniques. The antenna is designed to operate across 5.8-7.3 GHz, which corresponds to a fractional bandwidth of 23%. Measured results confirm the antenna exhibits a relatively wide bandwidth, high gain, and high radiation efficiency characteristics. The measured radiation gain, bandwidth, and efficiency of the antenna at 6.6 GHz are 4.8 dBi, 23%, and 78%, respectively. The fabricated antenna is highly compact and its physical size in terms of the free-space wavelength is 0.39λ0 × 0.13λ0 × 0.015λ0.
KW - broadband antenna
KW - composite right/left-handed transmission lines; metamaterial
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U2 - 10.1002/mop.29191
DO - 10.1002/mop.29191
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930077428
SN - 0895-2477
VL - 57
SP - 1785
EP - 1788
JO - Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
JF - Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
IS - 8
ER -