Microstrip patch antennas with anisotropic and diamagnetic synthetic heterogeneous substrates

Njoku, Chinwe; Whittow, William; Vardaxoglou, J. C.

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Microstrip patch antennas with anisotropic and diamagnetic synthetic heterogeneous substrates

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posted on 18.06.2015, 14:42 by Chinwe Njoku, William WhittowWilliam Whittow, J. C. Vardaxoglou

This paper examines the performance of a rectangular patch antenna on heterogeneous substrates composed of metallic cuboid inclusions compared with homogenous substrates via simulations and measurements. The paper examines how the orientation of the inclusions affects the performance of the patch antenna. Anisotropy and diamagnetism of the heterogeneous substrate with metallic cuboid inclusions have been analyzed. As the resonant frequency of the patch is dependent on the electromagnetic (EM) parameters of its substrate(s), fixing the size of the patch and altering its substrates allows the EM properties of the substrates to be estimated and compared with predictions from theory and simulations.

Funding

This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [Grant No.: EP/I01490X/1].

History

School

Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volume

63

Issue

7

Pages

3280 - 3285

Citation

NJOKU, C.C., WHITTOW, W.G. and VARDAXOGLOU, J.C., 2015. Microstrip Patch Antennas with Anisotropic and Diamagnetic Synthetic Heterogeneous Substrates. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 63 (7), pp 3280 - 3285.

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IEEE (© the authors)

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VoR (Version of Record)

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