Hybrid circular ground planes for high-realized-gain low-profile loop antennas

Constantine A. Balanis, Constantine Balanis, Craig R. Birtcher, Hussein N. Shaman

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Abstract

A novel hybrid circular ground plane integrated with a loop antenna is presented. The ground plane is composed of two different rings: a ring with periodic gaps and an annular concentric ring. The combination of the two rings into one ground plane improves significantly the radiation performance of the radiating element. The proposed antenna is designed to resonate at 2.9 GHz with a return loss of -\text{24} dB and a realized gain of 10.5 dB. To experimentally verify the simulated results, a prototype was fabricated and measured. The simulations and the measurements are in excellent agreement.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number8387821
Pages (from-to)1426-1429
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
Volume17
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2018

Keywords

  • Hybrid ground plane
  • loop antennas
  • low profile

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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