A Circular Sector-Shaped Dipole Antenna with Meandered Arms and Added Ferrite-Loaded Artificial Magnetic Conductor
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The AMC and Antenna Designs
2.1. Design of AMC Structure
2.2. Design of Circular Sector-Shaped Dipole Antenna with Meandered Arm
2.3. The Proposed Circular Sector-Shaped Dipole Antenna with AMC
3. Designed Antenna Performance
4. Experimental Results
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Lee, D.H.; Kwon, O.H.; Park, W.B.; Hwang, K.C. A Circular Sector-Shaped Dipole Antenna with Meandered Arms and Added Ferrite-Loaded Artificial Magnetic Conductor. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 9149. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12189149
Lee DH, Kwon OH, Park WB, Hwang KC. A Circular Sector-Shaped Dipole Antenna with Meandered Arms and Added Ferrite-Loaded Artificial Magnetic Conductor. Applied Sciences. 2022; 12(18):9149. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12189149
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Dong Hwan, Oh Heon Kwon, Won Bin Park, and Keum Cheol Hwang. 2022. "A Circular Sector-Shaped Dipole Antenna with Meandered Arms and Added Ferrite-Loaded Artificial Magnetic Conductor" Applied Sciences 12, no. 18: 9149. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12189149