Design of Metamaterial Antenna for Wideband Applications

1. INTRODUCTION

2. LITERATURE REVIEW

3. PROPOSED WORK

3.1. Strip line feeding

This feeding technique involves directly attaching a narrower conductive strip to the edge of the microstrip patch. One advantage of this arrangement is that the feed can be etched on the same substrate, resulting in a planar structure. This feeding scheme facilitates easy fabrication and offers simplicity in housing and impedance matching. However, using a thicker dielectric substrate leads to an increase in surface wave spurious feed radiation, which ultimately restricts the antenna's bandwidth

Figure 1. Fabricated antenna top & bottom view.

Figure 1. Fabricated antenna top & bottom view.

3.2. Geometry of Designed Antenna

Figure 2. Top View.

Figure 2. Top View.

Figure 3. Bottom View.

Figure 3. Bottom View.

Figure 4. Top unit cell.

Figure 4. Top unit cell.

Figure 5. Bottom unit cell.

Figure 5. Bottom unit cell.

The dimensions of the proposed unit cell as shown Fig-4, are L = 6.20mm, W = 6.20mm which gives a wide response. Three square rings are designed in each unit cell. The difference in size of each square ring is 0.8mm. The top unit cell consists of a square loop with Complementary Split Ring Resonator (CSRR). The bottom unit cell is square-shaped with a cross-slot (SSCS) is loaded on the patch and ground respectively.

A metamaterial loaded planar patch antenna is proposed and shown in Figure 2 & 3 has a top view and bottom view, respectively. The FR4 substrate of relative permittivity ℇr = 4.4, loss tangent 0.025, and thickness (h) 1.6 mm is used to fabricate the proposed antenna of size 48.6 mm × 52.8 mm. This antenna comprises loading of CSRR and SSCS in the patch and ground plane, respectively. The partial ground plane of length 12.8 mm underneath the input port of the antenna. Top patch of antenna is loaded with 4 × 3 CSRR unit cells and to improve the radiation efficiency, a window is etched on the backside of patch antenna. The optimized dimensions of antenna are W = 48.6 mm, L = 52.8 mm,

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4.1. Return loss

Return loss is a parameter that is interconnected with both the Standing Wave Ratio (SWR) and reflection coefficient. When the return loss increases, the SWR decreases. Return loss serves as an indicator of the level of matching between equipment or transmission lines. A high return loss signifies a good match, which is desirable as it results in lower insertion loss.

Figure 6. Return loss.

Figure 6. Return loss.

Figure 6 shows us the simulated results shows that, the antenna operates at 7.5 GHz with the return loss of -18.519 respectively.

4.2. Gain

An isotropic antenna radiates evenly in all directions. An isotropic radiator is considered 100% efficient. The gain of an actual antenna increases the power density in the direction of the peak radiation.

Figure 7. Gain when f = 3.5 GHz, 4 GHz & 5.2 GHz respectively.

Figure 7. Gain when f = 3.5 GHz, 4 GHz & 5.2 GHz respectively.

4.3. Directivity

Directivity measures the power density radiated by an antenna in the direction of its strongest emission, compared to the power density radiated by an ideal isotropic radiator emitting the same total power.

Figure 8. Directivity when f = 3.5 GHz, 4 GHz & 5.2 GHz respectively.

Figure 8. Directivity when f = 3.5 GHz, 4 GHz & 5.2 GHz respectively.

4.4. VSWR Measurement

VSWR is a function of the reflection coefficient, which describes the power reflected from the antenna.

Figure 9. VSWR Measurement.

Figure 9. VSWR Measurement.

Figure 9 depicts the antenna yields minimum VSWR value of 1.269.

Table 1. Gain, Directivity & Efficiency when f = 3.5 GHz, 4 GHz & 5.2 GHz respectively.

Table 1. Gain, Directivity & Efficiency when f = 3.5 GHz, 4 GHz & 5.2 GHz respectively.

FREQUENCY	GAIN	DIRECTIVITY
3.5 GHz	1.319 dBi	2.613 dBi
4 GHz	4.013 dBi	4.578 dBi
5.2 GHz	5.021 dBi	5.585 dBi

After analyzing the data presented in Table 1, it can be discerned that there is a discernible pattern in which gain and directivity show an upward trend with increasing frequency, implying a positive correlation between these parameters and the varying frequencies under consideration

5. CONCLUSION

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