Multiband frequency-reconfigurable antenna using metamaterial structure of electromagnetic band gap

Raimi Dewan , M. K. A. Rahim , Mohamed Himdi (1) , M. R. Hamid , H. A. Majid , M. E. Jalil

1 IETR - Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique

A metamaterial of electromagnetic band gap (EBG) is incorporated to an antenna for frequency reconfigurability is proposed. The EBG consists of two identical unit cells that provide multiple band gaps at 1.88-1.94, 2.25-2.44, 2.67-2.94, 3.52-3.54, and 5.04-5.70 GHz with different EBG configurations. Subsequently, the antenna is incorporated with EBG. The corresponding incorporated structure successfully achieves various reconfigurable frequencies at 1.60, 1.91, 2.41, 3.26, 2.87, 5.21, and 5.54 GHz. The antenna has the potential to be implemented for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, LTE, and cognitive radio applications.

Keywords: magnetic conductor amc; patch antenna; improvement; design

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Networking and Internet Architecture [cs.NI]; Engineering Sciences [physics]; Electronics

Raimi Dewan, M. K. A. Rahim, Mohamed Himdi, M. R. Hamid, H. A. Majid, et al.. Multiband frequency-reconfigurable antenna using metamaterial structure of electromagnetic band gap. Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing, 2017, 123 (1), ⟨10.1007/s00339-016-0643-1⟩. ⟨hal-01479168⟩