A Dual-Band High-Gain Subwavelength Cavity Antenna with Artificial Magnetic Conductor Metamaterial Microstructures
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
or D = (ΦA + ΦB) · (λ/4π) + N · (λ/2), N = 0, 1, 2…
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Results for the Antenna
3.2. Experimental Results of the Antenna
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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a (mm) | b (mm) | c (mm) | d1 (mm) | d2 (mm) | w1 (mm) | w2 (mm) | l (mm) |
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18 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Wp (mm) | Lp (mm) | Ls (mm) | Ws (mm) | Ss (mm) | Sf (mm) |
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19.6 | 22.9 | 18.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 9.1 |
This Study | REF [38] | REF [39] | REF [40] | REF [41] | REF [42] | |
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Type of the antenna | Metamaterial antenna | SIW antenna | SIW antenna | SIW antenna | HMSIW antenna | SIW antenna |
Frequency (GHz) | (1) 3.75 (2) 5.66 | (1) 0.915 (2) 1.470 | (1) 8.63–8.88 (2) 9.26–9.66 | (1) 9.5 (2) 10.5 | (1) 5.2 (2) 5.8 | (1) 8.50–8.70 (2)13.03–13.84 |
Max Gain (dBi) | (1) 15.2 (2) 18.9 | (1) −25.2 (2) −19.8 | (1) 3.51 (2) 4.10 | (1) 5.75 (2) 5.95 | (1) 3.31 (2) 4.16 | (1) 5.1 (2) 6.3 |
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Lu, G.; Yan, F.; Zhang, K.; Zhao, Y.; Zhang, L.; Shang, Z.; Diao, C.; Zhou, X. A Dual-Band High-Gain Subwavelength Cavity Antenna with Artificial Magnetic Conductor Metamaterial Microstructures. Micromachines 2022, 13, 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13010058
Lu G, Yan F, Zhang K, Zhao Y, Zhang L, Shang Z, Diao C, Zhou X. A Dual-Band High-Gain Subwavelength Cavity Antenna with Artificial Magnetic Conductor Metamaterial Microstructures. Micromachines. 2022; 13(1):58. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13010058
Chicago/Turabian StyleLu, Guang, Fabao Yan, Kaiyuan Zhang, Yunpeng Zhao, Lei Zhang, Ziqian Shang, Chao Diao, and Xiachen Zhou. 2022. "A Dual-Band High-Gain Subwavelength Cavity Antenna with Artificial Magnetic Conductor Metamaterial Microstructures" Micromachines 13, no. 1: 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13010058