Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computing and Wireless Communication Systems, ICCWCS 2019, April 24-25, 2019, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofaïl University -Kénitra- Morocco

Research Article

Double Layer Metamaterial Superstrate for Performance Enhancement of a Microstrip Patch Antenna

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-4-2019.2284232,
        author={Fatima Zohra  Khoutar and Mariam  Aznabet and Otman  EL Mrabet and Nayat-Ali  Oumaima},
        title={Double Layer Metamaterial Superstrate for Performance Enhancement of a Microstrip Patch Antenna},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computing and Wireless Communication Systems, ICCWCS 2019, April 24-25, 2019, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofa\~{n}l University -K\^{e}nitra- Morocco},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICCWCS},
        year={2019},
        month={5},
        keywords={metamaterial (mtm) split ring resonator (srr)},
        doi={10.4108/eai.24-4-2019.2284232}
    }
    
  • Fatima Zohra Khoutar
    Mariam Aznabet
    Otman EL Mrabet
    Nayat-Ali Oumaima
    Year: 2019
    Double Layer Metamaterial Superstrate for Performance Enhancement of a Microstrip Patch Antenna
    ICCWCS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-4-2019.2284232
Fatima Zohra Khoutar1,*, Mariam Aznabet1, Otman EL Mrabet1, Nayat-Ali Oumaima1
  • 1: Abdelmalek Essaadi university
*Contact email: fatikhoutar@gmail.com

Abstract

Abstract. In this paper, a metamaterial antenna operating at a frequency of 5.8 GHz is presented. Metamaterial superstrate cover acts as a lens which focuses the EM radiations due to the unusual properties of the metamaterial.This leads to improvement performance of patch antenna along with its physical protection.The proposed metamaterial lens consists of a double layer of 9-by-9 matrix of Slit-Ring Resonators (SRRs),and is positioned above a probe-fed rectangular patch resonating at 5.8 GHz.The structure improve the gain and directivity of a simple patch antenna up to 7 dB.Simulation results of the proposed antenna are presented and discussed in this letter.