Wideband Microstrip Patch Antennas with Transverse Electric Modes

Authors

  • Tanzeela Mitha Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 35899
  • Maria Pour Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 35899

Keywords:

Microstrip patch antennas, transverse electric modes, wideband antennas

Abstract

A wideband microstrip patch antenna, exciting the fundamental transverse electric (TE) mode, is investigated. The excitation of the TE mode is facilitated through replacing both of the patch and ground plane of a conventional microstrip antenna with artificial magnetic conductors (AMC), consisting of unipolar compact photonic bandgap (UC-PBG) unit cells. The AMC patch and the ground plane of this antenna behave as magnetic conductors within the bandgap region of the unit cells. Similar to conventional patch antennas, it is shown that by cutting a U-shaped slot in the AMC patch, wideband characteristics are realized. The antenna shows a 40% impedance bandwidth and operates at the TE10 mode. Moreover, the width of the patch is 1.75 times smaller than its length, reducing the overall size of the antenna by about 60%, compared with the conventional U-slot PEC antenna supporting the transverse magnetic (TM) mode.

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Author Biographies

Tanzeela Mitha, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 35899

Tanzeela H. Mitha was born in Pune, India in 1993. She received her B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication from University of Pune, Maharashtra, India in 2016. She received her Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, USA in 2018. She is presently a Ph.D. student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, working with Dr. Maria Pour. Her research interests include microstrip patch antennas, wideband antennas, dual-mode antennas and phased array antennas.

Maria Pour, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 35899

Maria Pour (S’06–M’11–SM’16) received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, in 2012. She joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL, as an Assistant Professor in August 2015. Prior to her current appointment, she was a Research Associate and Assistant Director with the Antenna Laboratory, University of Manitoba. She has coauthored six book chapters and has published over 80 journal articles and conference proceedings. Her research interests are in the areas of applied electromagnetics and antennas. Since 2016, she has been serving as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

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Published

2020-08-01

How to Cite

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Tanzeela Mitha and Maria Pour, “Wideband Microstrip Patch Antennas with Transverse Electric Modes”, ACES Journal, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 971–974, Aug. 2020.

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2020: Vol 35 Iss 8

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