Metasurface-loaded circularly-polarised slot antenna with high front-to-back ratio

  • K. L. Chung
  • , S. Kharkovsky

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    Abstract

    A new technique to achieve high front-to-back radiation ratios of slot antennas is presented. A 0.8 mm thin metasurface is loaded onto a circularly- polarised slot antenna and backed by a metallic reflector at close distances. The antenna has an overall height of ˜ 0.1 wavelengths. However, it exhibits wideband characteristics with a measured impedance bandwidth (voltage standing-wave ratio ⩽ 2) of 73.3% and a 3 dB axial-ratio bandwidth of 29.1%. A broadside gain of 7 dBic with a front-to-back ratio of 23.7 dB is achieved at 2.7 GHz.
    Original languageEnglish
    Number of pages2
    JournalElectronics Letters
    Volume49
    Issue number16
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

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