On the Study of Compact and Multi-Band CRLH Meta-Material Antenna for Wireless Applications

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Egyptian Armed Forces, Egypt.

2 Faculty of Engineering, El-Minia University.

3 E-Just University - Alexandria, Egypt.

Abstract

This paper presents a design of a small size composite right-left handed metamaterial multi-band antenna for wireless applications. The proposed antenna consists of two left handed cells. The proposed antenna operates at different frequency bands. The proposed antenna has compact size (its size is only 38 X 22 mm2). The design represents size reduction of approximately 65 % compared to conventional patch antennas operating at the same frequencies. The size reduction and low frequency ratios have been achieved due to the nonlinearity behavior of the left-handed region of composite right-left handed transmission line.

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