Gain Enhancement of Low-Profile, Electrically Small Capacitive Feed Antennas Using Stacked Meander Lines

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="606717.fig.001a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2010/606717/figures/606717.fig.001a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Top view</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="606717.fig.001b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2010/606717/figures/606717.fig.001b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Dismantled structure</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="606717.fig.001c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2010/606717/figures/606717.fig.001c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Extended meander line</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="606717.fig.001d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2010/606717/figures/606717.fig.001d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Equivalent circuit</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Small and low-profile capacitive feed meander line antenna (CFMA).</table>

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Figure 1: Gain Enhancement of Low-Profile, Electrically Small Capacitive Feed Antennas Using Stacked Meander Lines 