Miniaturised tri‐band rhombus‐shaped metamaterial‐inspired antenna with gain enhancement using complementary closed ring resonators

A multiband coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed antenna loaded with metamaterial unit cell for GSM900, WLAN, LTE-A, and 5G Wi-Fi applications is presented in this paper. The proposed metamaterial structure is a combination of various symmetric split-ring resonators (SSRR) and its characteristics were investigated for two major axes directions at (x and y-axis) wave propagation through the material. For x-axis wave propagation, it indicates a wide range of negative refractive index in the frequency span of 2–8.5 GHz. For y-axis wave propagation, it shows more than 2 GHz bandwidth of near-zero refractive index (NZRI) property. Two categories of the proposed metamaterial plane were applied to enhance the bandwidth and gain. The measured reflection coefficient (S11) demonstrated significant bandwidths increase at the upper bands by 4.92–6.49 GHz and 3.251–4.324 GHz, considered as a rise of 71.4% and 168%, respectively, against the proposed antenna without using metamaterial. Besides being high bandwidth achieving, the proposed antenna radiates bi-directionally with 95% as the maximum radiation efficiency. Moreover, the maximum measured gain reaches 6.74 dBi by a 92.57% improvement compared with the antenna without using metamaterial. The simulation and measurement results of the proposed antenna show good agreement.

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Optically Transparent Broadband Microwave Absorption Metamaterial By Standing-Up Closed-Ring Resonators

Advanced Optical Materials ◽

10.1002/adom.201700109 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (13) ◽

pp. 1700109 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

Dawei Hu ◽

Jie Cao ◽

Wei Li ◽

Cheng Zhang ◽

Tianlong Wu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Microwave Absorption ◽

Ring Resonators ◽

Closed Ring ◽

Optically Transparent ◽

Standing Up

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Design and Application of a Metamaterial Superstrate on a Bio-Inspired Antenna for Partial Discharge Detection through Dielectric Windows

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s19194255 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (19) ◽

pp. 4255 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

George Victor Rocha Xavier ◽

Alexandre Jean René Serres ◽

Edson Guedes da Costa ◽

Adriano Costa de Oliveira ◽

Luiz Augusto Medeiros Martins Nobrega ◽

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Keyword(s):

Partial Discharge ◽

Current Transformer ◽

Detection Sensitivity ◽

Ring Resonators ◽

Split Ring ◽

Gain Bandwidth ◽

Gain Enhancement ◽

Operating Bandwidth ◽

Printed Monopole Antenna ◽

Printed Monopole

The adaptation of dielectric windows as metamaterial superstrate over a bio-inspired Printed Monopole Antenna (PMA) was evaluated in order to improve the detection sensitivity of Ultra High Frequency (UHF) sensors designed for Partial Discharge (PD) measurement. For this purpose, rectangular and circular Split Ring Resonators (SRR) structures were designed and evaluated aiming to achieve a metamaterial superstrate that improves the characteristics of the bio-inspired PMA as the gain, bandwidth, and radiation pattern. Measurements of the PMA with metamaterial superstrate were carried out in an anechoic chamber and compared to the simulations performed. The results show that the metamaterial superstrate insertion did not impact the original operating bandwidth, covering most of the characteristic frequency range of PD activity. Moreover, this insertion resulted in a mean gain enhancement of 0.7 dBi regarding the reference PMA, resulting in an antenna with better sensitivity for PD detection (mean gain of 3.61 dBi). The PMA-metamaterial set PD detection sensitivity was evaluated through laboratory tests with a point-to-plane PD generator setup and in field with measurements from a 230 kV current transformer. The developed PMA-metamaterial set was able to detect, successfully, the activity of PD for both tests, being classified as an optimized sensor for PD detection through dielectric windows.

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Gain Enhancement of Dual-Band Microstrip - Fed Antenna with complementary split ring resonators and rectangular slots embedded in Patch for Wireless Applications using Metamaterial Cell-Based Superstrate

10.1109/icort52730.2021.9581727 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ajay Kumar Choudhary ◽

Sujit Barman ◽

Tamasi Moyra ◽

Anjan Debnath ◽

Anirban Bhattacharjee

Keyword(s):

Ring Resonators ◽

Dual Band ◽

Split Ring ◽

Split Ring Resonators ◽

Wireless Applications ◽

Gain Enhancement

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Coupled ring resonator for microwave characterization of dielectric materials

International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies ◽

10.1017/s1759078711001103 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 241-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mahima Kapoor ◽

K. S. Daya ◽

G. S. Tyagi

Keyword(s):

Dielectric Constant ◽

Spirulina Platensis ◽

Ring Resonator ◽

Dielectric Materials ◽

Split Ring Resonator ◽

Ring Resonators ◽

Split Ring ◽

Split Ring Resonators ◽

Closed Ring

In this paper characterization of dielectric materials in liquid and powder phase using concentric closed and split ring resonators of length λ, λ/2, and λ/4 is reported. Experimental results have been validated by simulations and theoretically modeling. Sensitivity of the resonator with closed rings was maximum. Experimentally extracted values of dielectric constant of ferrite ranged from 14.05 to 15.1 with closed ring resonators and from 13.6 to 14.02 with split ring resonator, respectively. For spirulina platensis the dielectric constant was lying in the range 1.78–1.93 and 1.74–2.04 with closed ring and split ring resonators, respectively. The values extracted experimentally are in good agreement with simulation and theoretically found values. However, the values obtained from closed ring resonator were in agreement with the dielectric constant values of ferrite and spirulina platensis.

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Switchable square ring bandpass to bandstop filter for ultra-wideband applications

International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies ◽

10.1017/s1759078715001373 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 51-60

Author(s):

Mushtaq Alqaisy ◽

Chandan K. Chakrabraty ◽

Jawad K. Ali ◽

Adam Reda Alhawari ◽

Tale Saeidi

Keyword(s):

Computer Simulation ◽

Radio Frequency ◽

Ultra Wideband ◽

Ring Resonators ◽

Microstrip Filter ◽

Filter Structure ◽

Closed Ring ◽

Effective Cost ◽

Bandstop Filter ◽

Good Agreement

In this manuscript, serial-shunt of square ring resonators with step-impedance open circuited stub resonators to produce a new on-off switchable bandpass to bandstop response in the same ultra-wideband microstrip filter structure is proposed. The closed ring of series-shunt square ring resonators with a combine stubs are introduced to excite the bandpass response while bandstop characteristic excited when gaps are embedded in the corners of the square ring resonators. The main advantage of this microstrip filter is its capability to switch from bandpass-to-bandstop operation using open-short gap, respectively. A microwave simulator is utilized to show the switchable case by replacing Skyworks radio frequency diodes (RF-PIN) instead of those gaps. The entire filter models have been simulated using the computer simulation technology (CST) Microwave Studio. The computed results for the proposed filters were compared with the measured results of the both prototype structures (bandpass- and bandstop-filter). The codes also showed good agreement between them. Other advantages include being small in size, and low in effective cost.

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