2134/37297 Tom Whittaker Tom Whittaker William Whittow William Whittow J. C. Vardaxoglou J. C. Vardaxoglou Meta-atom loaded patch antenna Loughborough University 2019 Additive manufacturing Patch antenna Meta-atoms Metamaterial Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified 2019-03-22 11:09:53 Conference contribution https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/conference_contribution/Meta-atom_loaded_patch_antenna/9555029 © 2018 Institution of Engineering and Technology. All rights reserved. The design of a meta-atom/metamaterial assisted patch antenna is presented. By utilizing strategically placed meta-atom in the patch antenna design miniaturization benefits can be gained with minimal impact to the total efficiency and the fractional bandwidth.