Electromagnetic band gap (EBG) for microstrip antenna design

• Main Author: Mohd. Isa, Ainor Khaliah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering; HE Transportation and Communications
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5955/1/AinorKhaliahMohdIsaMFKE2007.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5955/; http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:62168

Microstrip patch antennas became very popular in mobile and radio wireless communication. This is because of ease of analysis and fabrication, and their attractive radiation characteristics. However, they have some drawbacks of low efficiency, narrow bandwidth and surface wave losses. In order to ov...