Design and Implementation of a Multiband Metamaterial-Loaded Reconfigurable Antenna for Wireless Applications

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Design step—antenna configuration</td><td class="align_center">Dimensions (in mm<sup>3</sup>)</td><td class="align_center">Active radiating patch area (in mm<sup>2</sup>)</td><td class="align_center">Total volume (in mm<sup>3</sup>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">“<i>a</i>”</td><td class="align_center">35 × 28 × 1.6</td><td class="align_center">309.02</td><td class="align_center">1568</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">“<i>b</i>”</td><td class="align_center">32 × 22 × 1.6</td><td class="align_center">274.13</td><td class="align_center">1126.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Miniaturization achieved for antenna during the UWB mode (in %)</td><td class="align_center"> </td><td class="align_center">11.29</td><td class="align_center">28.16</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Miniaturization observation in the proposed design.</div>

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Table 1: Design and Implementation of a Multiband Metamaterial-Loaded Reconfigurable Antenna for Wireless Applications 