PBG Dgs 2
PBG Dgs 2
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AbstractThis letter presents a microstrip patch antenna integrated with two-dimensional photonic bandgap (PBG) and onedimensional defected ground structure (DGS) jointly in ground
plane. It is demonstrated that application of both PBG and DGS
eliminates the second and third harmonics and improves the return loss level. Moreover, the combination use of PBG and DGS
decreases the occupied area by 70% compared to the conventional
PBG patch antenna.
Index TermsDefected ground structure (DGS), harmonics,
patch antenna, photonic bandgap (PBG).
I. INTRODUCTION
Manuscript received April 22, 2004; revised July 28, 2004. The review of this
letter was arranged by Associate Editor J.-G. Ma.
H. Liu, Z. Li, and J. Mao are with the Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China (e-mail:
haiwen_liu@hotmail.com; zfli@sjtu.edu.cn).
X. Sun is with Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/LMWC.2004.842809
Fig. 2. Schematics of DGS and PBG microstrip circuits. (a) Structure of 1-D
DGS. (b) Structure of 2-D PBG.
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mm . The replacement
dimension of 1-D DGS is
decreases the occupied area by 70%. So PBG is used in the 2-D
patch region of the antenna while DGS is used in the 1-D microstrip region of the antenna in this letter.
The return loss of the proposed antenna was simulated by EM
software Ensemble 8.0. The results are shown in Fig. 4 compared to the results in [1]. It is clear from the results that the
resonant frequency (fundamental) of the proposed antenna is
0.9 GHz. Its second and third harmonics (corresponding to 1.8
and 2.7 GHz) were perfectly suppressed. Moreover, the ripples
of the proposed antenna are below 0.5 dB while ripples of the
PBG antenna are below 1 dB. Therefore, the return loss level of
the antenna has improved.
Fig. 3.
TABLE I
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE 2-D DGS AND 1-D PBG MICROSTRIP CIRCUITS
III. CONCLUSION
This letter studies a microstrip patch antenna using PBG
and DGS in ground plane. Simulated results indicate the novel
design is quite effective for the harmonics suppression of
microstrip patch antenna. Moreover, the application of both
PBG and DGS decreases the occupied area by 70% compared
to the conventional PBG patch antenna. The compact antenna
with ultra-low harmonics has potential application future in
next-generation mobile communication system. Also, this letter
is the first report on the combination use of PBG and DGS in
microwave circuit design as we know.
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Fig. 4.