PHOTONIC BAND-GAP MATERIALS FOR HIGH-GAIN PRINTED-CIRCUIT ANTENNAS

Authors
YANG HYD ALEXOPOULOS NG YABLONOVITCH E
Citation
Hyd. Yang et al., PHOTONIC BAND-GAP MATERIALS FOR HIGH-GAIN PRINTED-CIRCUIT ANTENNAS, IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation, 45(1), 1997, pp. 185-187
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Telecommunications,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation → ACNP
ISSN journal
0018926X
Volume
45
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
185 - 187
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-926X(1997)45:1<185:PBMFHP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
It is found through a vector integral-equation analysis and the recipr ocity theorem that the gain of a microstrip antenna can be greatly enh anced with a photonic band-gap (PEG) material Layer either as the subs trate or the superstrate. The beam angle is found to coincide with tha t of a leaky-wave mode of a planar-grating structure. This observation suggests that high gain is due to the excitation of strong Leaky-wave fields.