Single-Layer Planar Monopole Antenna-Based Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC)

Table 3

Comparison between proposed designs with several relevant previous studies.

Ref	Freq (GHz)	Substrate material	Gain (dB)	Proposed technique	Area (mm^2)/	Applications	Design complexity
[20]	3.5	FR-4	6.04	Complementary split-ring resonator (CSRR)	35 × 40/0.85 × 0.98	WLAN/WiMAX	Simple
[29]	2.4	Rogers RO3003C	5.1	Artificial magnetic conductor (AMC)	130.8 × 130.8/2.64 × 2.64	Indoor/outdoor wireless body area network (WBAN)	Simple
[30]	10	FR-4	2 to 5.8	Split-ring resonator (SRR)	48 × 35/1.17 × 0.85	5G	Complex
[32]	4.3	Rogers RT/Duroid 5880	4.85	Defected ground plane (DGS)	58 × 22/1 × 0.38	GPS	Simple
[33]	0.9 to 2.6	FR-4	2.6–4.6	Stepped cut at four corners	51 × 40/1.25 × 0.98	LTE	Simple
[34]	2.45, 3.5, 4.6, 5.8	FR-4	4.93, 5.92, 5.54, 4.95	Artificial magnetic conductor (AMC)	50 × 50/1.22 × 1.22	WLAN, WiMAX, and 5G	Complex
This work	3.5	Rogers RT/Duroid 5880LZ	6.0	Artificial magnetic conductor (AMC)	40 × 30/0.69 × 0.51	5G	Simple