Utilizing wideband AMC structures for high-gain inkjet-printed antennas on lossy paper substrate

Cook, Benjamin Stassen; Shamim, Atif

Utilizing wideband AMC structures for high-gain inkjet-printed antennas on lossy paper substrate

Type

Article

Authors

Cook, Benjamin Stassen
Shamim, Atif

KAUST Department

Electrical Engineering Program
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Integrated Microwave Packaging Antennas and Circuits Technology (IMPACT) Lab

Date

2013

Abstract

Significant gain and bandwidth improvement of inkjet-printed antennas with integrated artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) is achieved by utilizing wideband ground-backed frequency selective surfaces (FSSs) to overcome the high losses of organic substrates such as paper. A microstrip-fed monopole mounted on an artificial magnetic conductor is demonstrated to improve the gain by 5 dB over previous works and exhibit much wider impedance bandwidth while maintaining a thin antenna profile and a 20% electrical size reduction. The effect of AMC bandwidth on substrate losses and the gain reduction caused by finite AMC array effects are investigated in an effort to produce high-gain, miniaturized, low-cost wearable and structure mount antennas. © 2013 IEEE.

Citation

Cook, B. S., & Shamim, A. (2013). Utilizing Wideband AMC Structures for High-Gain Inkjet-Printed Antennas on Lossy Paper Substrate. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 12, 76–79. doi:10.1109/lawp.2013.2240251