In this paper, a wideband printed antenna over an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) surface is introduced which can be utilized for wireless applications such as WLAN, WiMAX, and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. In the proposed structure, a planar AMC su
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In this paper, a wideband printed antenna over an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) surface is introduced which can be utilized for wireless applications such as WLAN, WiMAX, and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. In the proposed structure, a planar AMC surface as the antenna ground plane is used to direct the radiation pattern of the antenna, and enhancing the impedance bandwidth. The proposed antenna design is composed of a pair of printed microstrip elements fed by an E-shape feed line for coupling the elements. The bandwidth of the designed antenna includes from 4.94 GHz to 6.9 GHz with a return loss of less than -10dBforlinear polarization in C-band. The rhombic-shape AMC unit cell indicates the bandwidth of 5.24-7.15 GHz for the ±90˚ reflection phase. By adding the AMC surface into the printed antenna, a wideband structure with acceptable miniaturization and gain enhancement to 7.25 dBi is achieved. The simulated results of the antenna’s impedance properties are performed by using full-wave simulators of HFSS and CST. Also, two-element array of the proposed design are investigated for different polarizations. Based on the obtained results, the operating bandwidth includes the frequency range from5.18GHz to 6.81 GHz and the isolation between the array elements is less than -22 dB. For this purpose, the antenna arrays can be applied for MIMO systems.
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