Research Article

Zero Index Metamaterial for Designing High-Gain Patch Antenna

Table 1

The performances of the antenna based on the different ZIM layers.

AntennasParameters
HPBW ( )HPBW ( )Gain (dB)

Patch antenna without ZIM106°90°6.643
Antenna with 1 layer ZIM45°51°10.33
Antenna with 2 layers ZIM35°40°10.8
Antenna with 3 layers ZIM31°36°11.3
Antenna with 4 layers ZIM28°32°12.4
Antenna with 5 layers ZIM26°28°13.0
Antenna with 6 layers ZIM23°24°13.7
Antenna with 7 layers ZIM20°20°13.9