Defects and cracks in dried natural timber (relative permittivity 2–5) may cause structural weakness enhanced warping beams. For a pine wood beam (1200 mm × 70 mm), microwave reflection (S11) transmission (S21) measurements using cavity-backed slot antenna on the surface showed variations caused by imperfections defects wood. Reflection at 4.4 GHz increased (>5 dB) above major knot evident w...

In this paper we propose a novel spatial fading simulator to evaluate the performance of an array antenna and show its spatial stochastic characteristics by computer simulation based on parameters verified by experimental data. We introduce a cavity-excited circular array (CECA) as a fading simulator that can simulate realistic mobile communication environments. To evaluate the antenna array, t...

A low-profile dual-band half-mode substrate-integrated cavity antenna with a fully shielded textile feeding mechanism is presented for wearable applications. The antenna operates at the lower and upper microwave industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) bands. The cavity geometry is accurately defined with conducting thread through computerized embroidery. Design guidelines are developed for a p...

We investigate the radiation properties of an antenna that was formed by a hybrid combination of a monopole radiation source and a cavity built around a dielectric layer-by-layer three-dimensional photonic crystal. We measured a maximum directivity of 310, and a power enhancement of 180 at the resonant frequency of the cavity. We observed that the antenna has a narrow bandwidth determined by th...

In the present paper notch loaded shorted microstrip patch antenna has been analyzed using cavity model. The proposed antenna shows dual band operation which depends on notch dimensions as well as shorting pin. The frequency ratio is found to be 1.75 for the notch loaded circular patch antenna. The theoretical results are compared with IE3D simulation.

Design of a simple and compact microstrip-fed printed monopole antenna (PMA) for applications in wireless local area network (WLAN) and radio frequency identification (RFID) is presented. The dual-band operation is achieved from the 9-shaped folded antenna which is printed on a non-conductor backed dielectric. Measured percentage impedance bandwidth of the PMA at the center frequencies of 2.43 ...

In this paper, the cavity model of a microstrip patch antenna in conjunction with the reciprocity theorem is used to develop a fast analytical solution for the radiation field of a microstrip patch antenna loaded with a novel artificial magnetic superstrate and to investigate the effect of the engineered superstrate layer on the directivity and radiation pattern of the printed patch antenna.

This paper reports the design of a Ka-band Equilateral triangular patch antenna (ETPA) fabricated using postCMOS and post-MMIC compatible process technology. The antenna uses an air-cavity underneath the patch radiator that is supported on thin dielectric membrane. The antenna structure was analysed and optimised using the finite element method (FEM) based Agilent High Frequency Structure Simul...