Analyses of a Dipole Antenna Loaded by a Cylindrical Shell of Double Negative (DNG) Metamaterial

Shams, Khan M. Z.; Ali, Mohammod

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/97481

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Volume 2007 | Article ID 097481 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/97481

Analyses of a Dipole Antenna Loaded by a Cylindrical Shell of Double Negative (DNG) Metamaterial

Khan M. Z. Shams¹and Mohammod Ali¹

Academic Editor: Karu Esselle

Received01 Dec 2006

Accepted03 Aug 2007

Published31 Oct 2007

Abstract

The current distribution, input impedance, and radiation pattern of a cylindrical dipole antenna enclosed by a thin cylindrical shell of double negative (DNG) metamaterial are computed using the piecewise sinusoidal Galerkin formulation. In the presence of the DNG shell, the dipole antenna exhibits three interesting characteristics. The input impedance shows potentials for wide bandwidth due to the relative insensitivity of the impedance with frequency. Within specific ranges of DNG material parameter values, the dipole shows resonance at much lower frequencies than its resonant frequency in free space. The dipole does not show change in the direction of the principal beam nor does it show signs of beam splitting and side lobes even when the antenna length approaches one and a half wavelength.

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Copyright © 2007 Khan M. Z. Shams and Mohammod Ali. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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