IEICE Electronics Express
Online ISSN : 1349-2543
ISSN-L : 1349-2543
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Wideband low-profile circular polarized rectangular loop antenna over a mushroom-like EBG structure
S. Mahdi MoghadasiA. R. AttariM. M. Mirsalehi
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2008 Volume 5 Issue 15 Pages 550-555

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In this paper, a wideband dual rectangular loop antenna over an EBG surface is proposed for low profile wireless applications. A low frequency mushroom-like EBG surface is used as the antenna ground plane. In comparison with a PEC ground plane, design of antenna above an EBG ground plane results in 60% reduction of the structure thickness. The investigated antenna is designed for circular polarization. It is shown that the axial ratio bandwidth (<3dB) and return loss bandwidth (<10dB) of the dual rectangular loop antenna above the designed EBG surface are 18% and 14%, respectively. The simulated and measured results are in good agreement.

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