Application of combined electric- and magnetic-conductor ground planes for antenna performance enhancement

被引：57

作者：

Foroozesh, Alireza ^{[1
]}

Shafai, Lotfollah ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Manitoba, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada

来源：

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING-REVUE CANADIENNE DE GENIE ELECTRIQUE ET INFORMATIQUE | 2008年 / 33卷 / 02期

关键词：

artificial ground plane; artificial magnetic conductor; dipole antenna; electromagnetic band-gap structure; high-impedance surface; microstrip patch antenna; perfect electric conductor; perfect magnetic conductor; periodic structure;

D O I：

10.1109/CJECE.2008.4621833

中图分类号：

TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

This paper investigates the application of three different ground planes for antenna performance enhancement. They are the conventional perfect electric conductor (PEC), the perfect magnetic conductor (PMC), and their combination. A half-wavelength dipole in free space is considered as the reference case, and its performance over these ground planes is investigated and compared. It is shown that by using a combined PMC-PEC ground plane, one can achieve a better performance. Next, a microstrip patch antenna is considered as the source and is placed over a high-impedance surface (HIS) or an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC). Here too, adding a PEC ground plane on the periphery of the HIS or AMC improves the antenna gain significantly. As well, the superiority of AMC ground planes, consisting of grounded dielectric slabs loaded with periodic metallic patches without shorting pins (vias), is investigated in detail. Simulation results show that use of such artificial ground planes can enhance the microstrip patch antenna gain and bandwidth remarkably. These enhancements are confirmed by measurement, and high gains of 10.4 dBi and input impedance bandwidths of 28% are measured.

引用

页码：87 / 98

页数：12

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