TITLE:
New Traveling-Wave Antenna Resonating at 6 GHz Based on Artificial Transmission Line Metamaterial Structures for RF Portable Devices
AUTHORS:
Mohammad Alibakhshi Kenari
KEYWORDS:
Small Broad Band Antenna; Metamaterial (MTM); d-Shaped Antenna Structure; RF Portable Devices; Traveling-Wave Antenna
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation,
Vol.1 No.2,
September
24,
2013
ABSTRACT: Design of new metamaterial (MTM) traveling-wave antenna with “d-formed” left-handed structure is proposed. The proposed MTM structure is designed at a height of 0.8 mm from the ground plane with almost 2 GHz bandwidth. The most interesting feature of the design is the ability of enhancing the gain and total efficiency of the antenna without negative effects of the other important parameters like bandwidth. By using the “d-shaped” MTM structure and printed planar technique, the bandwidth of the MTM traveling-wave antenna is significantly increased at a resonant frequency of 6 GHz and also a foot print area reduction of the antenna structure is provided. Antenna size is 7.2 × 5 × 0.8 mm3. The proposed antenna is suitable for RF portable devices operating at 6 GHz.