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THESIS REPORT

On
Design and Development of Metamaterial-Based
Radome Structures for Space-Borne Communications

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the

degree of

DOCTOR of PHILOSOPHY
in
Electronics Engineering
Submitted by
Surabhi Dwivedi
(DS11EC003)
Under the Supervision of
Dr. J. N. Sarvaiya
Associate Professor, SVNIT, Surat

Dr. Y. P. Kosta
Director, MEF, Rajkot

Department of Electronics Engineering


Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
Surat-395007, Gujarat, India
Department of Electronics Engineering
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
Surat-395007, Gujarat, India

Declaration
I hereby declare that the work being presented in this thesis entitled “Design and
Development of Metamaterial-Based Radome Structures for Space-Borne Commu-
nications” by me and submitted to the Department of Electronics Engineering of
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, is an authentic record of
my own work carried out during the period of 2012-2015 under the supervision of
Dr. J. N. Sarvaiya and Dr. Y. P. Kosta towards partial fulfillment for obtaining the
degree of Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering.

Surabhi Dwivedi

(Roll No. DS11EC003)

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Department of Electronics Engineering
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
Surat-395007, Gujarat, India

Certificate

This is to certify that the thesis entitled


“Design and Development of Metamaterial-Based Radome Structures for
Space-Borne Communications”

is a part of research work carried out by Ms. Surabhi Dwivedi, DS11EC003, under
our guidance and supervision at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology,
Surat, Gujarat, India, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of degree
of Doctor of Philosophy in Electronics Engineering. To the best of our knowledge,
the work included in this thesis is an original work carried out by her independently.
The results of the thesis in part or whole have not been submitted to any other Insti-
tute/University for the award of any degree or diploma.

This is to further certify that Ms. Surabhi Dwivedi has fulfilled the prescribed
conditions of duration and nature given in the statues and ordinances of Sardar Val-
labhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat.

Dr. J. N. Sarvaiya Dr. Y. P. Kosta


Internal Supervisor External Supervisor
Associate Professor, SVNIT, Surat. Director, MEF, Rajkot.

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Abstract
The thesis provides a carefully structured design methodology of radome struc-
ture and elegant discussion on the optimization and fabrication techniques applied
to the radome structure over the patch antenna. The variation in the spacing height
of a metamaterial cover over the slotted patch antenna is reported to improve its
directivity. Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) techniques of optimiza-
tion are used. In the present work, Multiple Attribute Decision Making optimization
techniques are used for selecting the best substrate for microstrip patch antenna and
Teflon is obtained as best material for the antenna substrate. Analytical Hierarchy
Process (AHP), Weighted Product Method (WPM) and Technique for Order Pref-
erence by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) methods are used for optimizing
the result parameters of an antenna and selecting the best available substrate for mi-
crostrip antenna design.
The antenna is designed with a metamaterial cover to work in three bands within
the frequency range of 1-4 GHz. This synopsis report presents the design issues,
modeling, fabrication and characterization of a radome structure, a metamaterial
cover over the slotted patch antenna for triband operation with center frequency 2.45
GHz. The dimensions of the slots patterned over the patch antenna are designed
to control the lower resonant frequency and the bandwidth. The report presents the
selection of the best optimized dimensions of the slotted patch antenna and metama-
terial cover to control the resonant frequencies and bandwidth of the antenna. The
experimental results are presented thoroughly and compared with the analytical cal-
culations. A comparative result analysis of the effect of varying the spatial height of
the metamaterial cover over patch antenna is shown theoretically. The proposed novel
slotted patch antenna design has triband operation in the frequency range of 1-4 GHz
with the miniaturized overall antenna size of the dimension 52.5mm×36.5mm×1.56mm,
that is equivalent to miniaturized design reported to our knowledge so far. High
Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) software is used for simulations. Numerical
simulation and theoretical studies are used first to design a metamaterial based an-
tenna substrate; then experiments are used to prove the predictions. Simulating the
real size structure requires full wave analysis which needs more memory and takes
longer time; with the effective permittivity and permeability, analytic formula is used
to obtain far-field results. Moreover, the design of metamaterial based radome an-
tennas are presented for different wireless communication applications. This study
shows the effects of different parameters on the antenna structure.
For the very first time, the concept of Newton’s divided difference method is ap-

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plied for evaluating the performance parameters of the antenna. A global formula
is developed to indicate the relationship of the directivity with the spatial height. A
more directional and higher gain patch antenna with radome cover is proposed. An
analytical method, Newton’s divided difference method is utilized to predict the fea-
tures of the simulation results, implying that within a certain frequency range, the
spatial height of the metamaterial cover can be adjusted for maximum directivity at-
tainment. Negative value of permittivity and permeability are obtained due to the
use of metametarial cover over the patch antenna. S-parameters, directivity and ra-
diation patterns as performance matrices are obtained using the software tool High
Frequency Structure Simulator version 11. These parameters are used to retrieve the
effective permittivity and permeability. Numerous simulations have been carried out
for different heights of the cover from the patch antenna in the microwave regime.
The optimally simulated structure is proposed for the application of metamaterials as
antenna cover to primarily enhance directivity by minimizing its refractive index in
negative regime. Further design includes review and critical discussions on the effect
of using different substrate materials for the patch antenna.
The core of the work is to design multilayer radome structures using computa-
tional tools High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) based on Finite Element
Method (FEM) and the effective dielectric permittivity and permeability are calcu-
lated. By incorporating magnetic materials, the effective magnetic permeability is
manipulated . After designing optimal structures, fabrication of the device is carried
out using Plated Through Hole (PTH). Hence, Plated Through Hole related princi-
ples, fabrication issues and analysis of radome structure are reported. The compari-
son of theoretical, numerical and measured results are made and degree of agreement
is calculated. The designed antenna is expected to be used for space-borne commu-
nication.

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Acknowledgement
I wish to express my cavernous sense of obligation and gratitude to my research su-
pervisors, Dr. J. N. Sarvaiya of Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
(SVNIT) and Dr. Y. P. Kosta of Marwadi Education Foundation (MEF) for their gen-
uine guidance and constant encouragement throughout this seminar work. Through
their vast knowledge and expertise, they made me aware of the recent developments
in the subject related to this thesis work.
I am highly obliged to Dr. Upena Dalal, Head of the Department of Electronics
Engineering, SVNIT for providing the support at Institute and department level. I am
deeply indebted to her for her kind support and encouragement throughout the work.
I am also thankful to Prof. B. R. Taunk for providing me a nice platform for
fabrication and testing of the designed antenna models and Dr. R. V. Rao for teaching
the concept of advanced engineering optimization through intelligent techniques. I
am thankful to all the faculties of SVNIT, who helped me directly or indirectly in the
completion of my work.
I also wish to express my heartfelt appreciation to my husband Mr. Pawan
Chaturvedi, family, friends, colleagues and many who have rendered their support
for the successful completion of this work, both explicitly and implicitly. And last
but not the least to the Almighty for bestowing me with all his bliss.

Surabhi Dwivedi
Ph.D. Scholar
(Roll No. DS11EC003)

January 2016

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Contents

Declaration i

Certificate ii

Abstract iii

Acknowledgement v

List of Tables xiv

1 Microstrip Patch Antenna: An Introduction 1


1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Microstrip Antenna (MSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2.1 Progressive development of MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2.2 Characteristics of MSAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3 Types of MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3.1 Rectangular Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3.2 Circular Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.3 Impedance matching in MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4 Feeding techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4.1 Microstrip line feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4.2 Inset feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4.3 Coaxial feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.5 Performance parameters of MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.6 Parametric Study Of MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.6.1 Effect of width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.6.2 Effect of height (h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.6.3 Effect of finite ground plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.6.4 Effect of cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.6.5 Effect of permittivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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1.6.6 Effect of loss tangent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.6.7 Effect of substrate parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.7 Analysis models of MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.8 Applications of MSAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.9 Research gaps / Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.10 Objectives of the present work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2 Metamaterials: An Introduction 14
2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.1 Engheta’s Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.2 Hrabar’s Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.3 Kong’s Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Features of Metamaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2.1 Refraction and Snell’s Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2.2 Veselago and negative index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3 Classification of Metamaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3.1 Left-Handed Metamaterials (LHM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3.2 Electromagnetic metamaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3.3 Artificial dielectric material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.3.4 Artificial magnetic material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.3.5 Artificial left-handed metamaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.3.6 High impedance surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.3.7 Terahertz metamaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.3.8 Photonic metamaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3.9 Tunable metamaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.4 Effects of array dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.4.1 Split Ring Resonator (SRR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.4.2 Micro-Split Ring Resonator (MSRR) . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.5 Properties of Metamaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.5.1 Reverse Doppler Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.5.2 Negative Group Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.6 Applications of metamaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.6.1 Metamaterials in microstrip antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.6.2 Metamaterials as an absorber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.6.3 Metamaterials as a superlens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.6.4 Metamaterials as a cloaking device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.6.5 Metamaterials as a sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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2.6.6 Metamaterials as a phase compensator . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.7 Significance of metamaterial for microstrip patch antenna . . . . . . 32

3 Metamaterial Based Radome Antennas 33


3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.2 Metamaterial included patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.3 Radome structure analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.4 Radome versus Metamaterial included Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

4 Numerical Analysis of Radome Structure 42


4.1 Calculation for microstrip patch dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.1.1 Calculation of basic parameters for patch antenna . . . . . . 42
4.2 Mathematical analysis of metamaterial based structure . . . . . . . 43
4.2.1 Permittivity And Permeability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.2.2 Negative-Refractive-Index(NRI) Metamaterials . . . . . . . 44
4.2.3 Calculations for Left-Handed Metamaterials (LHM) . . . . 45
4.2.4 Parameter extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.3 Mathematical analysis of radome structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.3.1 Structural characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.3.2 Plasma frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.3.3 Negative refraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.3.4 Negative permittivity medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.3.5 Negative permeability medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.3.6 Effective medium theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.3.7 Retrieval method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.3.8 Calculation for directivity and spacing height relationship of
radome structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.3.9 Significance of the proposed model using Newton’s divided
difference method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.4 Decision Making Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.4.1 Multiple Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) Method . . . 56
4.4.2 Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method . . . . . . . . . 57
4.5 Weighted Product Method (WPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.6 Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOP-
SIS) Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

5 Design and Fabrication of Radome Structure 70


5.1 Designing procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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5.1.1 Variables description for MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5.1.2 Grid designing variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5.1.3 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.2 Designing of MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.2.1 Line feed patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.2.2 Inset feed patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5.2.3 Coaxial feed patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
5.3 Metamaterial array in slotted patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
5.3.1 Negative parameter retrieval of MTM . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
5.4 Radome Structure (Grid Structure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5.5 Results and discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
5.6 Fabrication and characterization of radome structure . . . . . . . . 95
5.7 Steps of fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
5.8 Testing and troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.8.1 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

6 Conclusions 101

Publications 103

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List of Figures

1.1 Microstrip antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2


1.2 Line feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3 Inset feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4 Coaxial feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.1 Generic sketch of a volumetric metamaterial synthesized by embed-


ding various inclusions in a host medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.2 (a) Split Ring Resonator, (b) Swiss Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.3 Realization of DNG material at microwave frequencies . . . . . . . 22
2.4 Wave vector in left-handed and right-handed media . . . . . . . . . 23
2.5 Cross-section of a High-impedance surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.6 Top view of a High-impedance surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.7 Terahertz planar traveling-wave tube circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.8 The unit cell of Absorber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.9 Planar Metamaterial lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.10 Metamaterials Cloaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.11 Unit cells (a) Multiple SRR (b)Sierpinski SRR (c) Spiral Resonator 31

3.1 (a) The conventional patch antenna, (b) The metamaterial patch an-
tenna cover; and in H-plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.2 (a) Ordinary patch antenna, (b) Metamaterial cover patch antenna . 39
3.3 (a) Electric field, (b) Metamaterial cover patch antenna . . . . . . . 40
3.4 (a) Electric field, (b) Magnetic field and H-plane intensity distribu-
tion of metamaterial cover patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

4.1 (a) Impedance of unit cell, (b) Refractive index of unit cell . . . . . 46
4.2 (a) Permittivity of unit cell, (b) Permeability of unit cell . . . . . . . 46
4.3 Isometric View of the grid antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.4 (a) Positive refractive index [72], (b) Negative refractive index [72] . 49
4.5 The metallic wire arrays with radius of wire r and separation between
rods is a [74] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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4.6 (a) Circular structure (b) Square structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.7 Directivity versus spacing height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

5.1 Slotted patch antenna (Isometric view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71


5.2 Metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna (Isometric view) 71
5.3 Designed line feed patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.4 Simulated return loss of line feed microstrip patch antenna . . . . . 76
5.5 Directivity of line feed microstrip patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . 76
5.6 Gain of line feed microstrip patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5.7 Designed inset feed patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5.8 Simulated return loss of patch antenna with an inset feed . . . . . . 78
5.9 Directivity patch antenna with an inset feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5.10 Gain of patch antenna with an inset feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
5.11 Designed coaxial feed patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
5.12 Simulated return loss of coaxial feed microstrip patch antenna . . . 80
5.13 Directivity of coaxial feed microstrip patch antenna . . . . . . . . . 81
5.14 Gain of coaxial feed microstrip patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
5.15 Microstrip patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
5.16 Slotted Microstrip patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
5.17 Return loss of slotted MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
5.18 Array of unit cells within patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
5.19 Side view of the resonating array structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
5.20 Multiple arrangements of arrays of unit cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
5.21 Reduced metamaterial included patch compared with standard patch 86
5.22 Unit cell of LHM in Waveguide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
5.23 (a) Magnitude of the simulated S parameters, (b) Phase of the simu-
lated S parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
5.24 (a) Effective permittivity, (b) Effective permeability . . . . . . . . . 87
5.25 Retrieved refractive index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
5.26 Comparative Return Loss depicting BW for different substrate thick-
ness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5.27 Comparative analysis of return loss depicting BW for different di-
electric constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
5.28 Return loss (S11 ) parameter for slotted patch antenna . . . . . . . . 91
5.29 VSWR for slotted patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5.30 Return loss (S11 ) parameter for metamaterial cover over the microstrip
patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

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5.31 VSWR for metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna . . 92
5.32 Directivity of metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna
for x=10mm, 6mm and 2mm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
5.33 Return Loss of metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna
for x=8.4mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
5.34 VSWR of metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna for
x=8.4mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.35 Peak directivity of metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch an-
tenna at x=8.4mm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.36 Optimized HFSS model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.37 (a) PCB designed for fabrication, (b) Model transported to PCB Pro-
totype Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.38 PCB Prototyping Machine(Purchased under TEQIP-II grant at SVNIT) 97
5.39 Grid design layout in Eagle PCB design software . . . . . . . . . . 97
5.40 Fabricated patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.41 Fabricated optimized copper grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.42 Demonstration of Plated Through Hole process . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.43 Setup Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
5.44 Experimental Setup 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
5.45 Experimental Setup 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

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List of Tables

1.1 Yearwise improvement in performance parameter of MSA . . . . . 7


1.2 Analysis models of Microstrip patch antenna [16] . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.1 Plasma frequency for three operation bands of slotted antenna . . . 48


4.2 Plasma frequency for three operation bands of metamaterial cover
over the microstrip patch antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.3 Newton’s divided difference data points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.4 Newton’s divided difference table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.5 Decision table in MADM methods rao2012decision . . . . . . . . . 56
4.6 Saaty’s nine-point scale for relative importance . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.7 Average random number index for each size of the matrix saaty1980analytic 59
4.8 Objective data of the attributes for different materials . . . . . . . . 61
4.9 Normalized data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.10 Relative importance matrix of the attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.11 Priority generation using AHP method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.12 Priority generation using WPM method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.13 Comparison of all the three methods of decision making . . . . . . 69

5.1 Microwave frequency bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73


5.2 Types of Substrate Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
5.3 Microstrip patch parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.4 Comparative analysis to show the shifting of the bands in triband
operation for different patch structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
5.5 Comparative analysis of metamaterial included patch antenna return
loss and resonant frequency shifts with conventional patch antenna
in triband operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
5.6 Comparative analysis of metamaterial included patch antenna dimen-
sions and size reduction with conventional patch antenna . . . . . . 83
5.7 Comparative analysis of metamaterial included patch antenna with
conventional patch antenna considering antenna parameters . . . . . 83

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5.8 Multiple band operation for simple(Model 1), slotted(Model 2) and
metamaterial included patch(Model 3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
5.9 Comparative analysis with reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
5.10 Comparative Analysis of Patch Antenna with increasing substrate
thickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5.11 Comparative Analysis of Patch Antenna with decreasing dielectric
constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
5.12 Return loss and VSWR analysis of MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.13 Return loss and VSWR analysis of radome structure . . . . . . . . . 95
5.14 Degree of agreement of the mathematical results with the simulated
results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
5.15 Degree of agreement of the measured results with the simulated results100

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Chapter 1

Microstrip Patch Antenna: An


Introduction

1.1 Overview
The introductory chapter presents metamaterials that can efficiently improve antenna
directivities. With the correct selection of the working frequency and the metamate-
rial cover dimensions, patch antenna directivity can be increased. The metamaterial
has congregating effect on the electromagnetic wave’s transmission direction, which
is similar to the congregation effect of the convex lens to the radiation of light-wave.
Under ideal conditions, larger cover size of the metamaterial is better; and number of
layers are better. But under actual conditions, one must use the least space resources
to obtain the best functions of the antenna as suggested by Hu et al. [1]. Gain and
directivity enhancement methods through the use of dielectric superstrates or covers
have been described in various manners for decades. Trentini [2] and Sasser [3] noted
that the multiple reflections off of a semi-transparent reflector can produce images of
the original antenna so that the gain increases similar to that of arraying the antenna.
This configuration can increase gain for certain wavelengths or frequencies at a par-
ticular angle. A thorough treatment of this configuration with dielectric/magnetic
materials is provided by Jackson and Alexopoulos [4], where it is described as a
substrate-superstrate effect. Further work by Jackson and Oliner [5] and Ostner et
al. [6] described the gain enhancement through leaky wave. The gain enhancement
comes at the cost of a monotonically-decreasing gain bandwidth. The beamwidths
decrease with increasing gain as explained by Meagher et al. [7]. Nakano et al. [8]
showed that a further increase in spacing height also leads to higher sidelobes and
less gain. If one wants to improve the directivity and gain of the antenna, the most
direct method is to reduce the radiation power in the far-field region of large theta; in

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other words, forbid the sideward radiation as advocated by Alexopoulos and Jackson
[9]. The gain enhancement method of microstrip antennas, relying on structural res-
onance by dielectric cover, has been investigated by Jackson and Alexopoulos, Yang
and Alexopoulos and Pendry et al. [4, 10, 11].

1.2 Microstrip Antenna (MSA)


An MSA in its simplest form consists of a radiating patch on one side of a dielectric
substrate and a ground plane on the other side. The top and side views of a rectangular
MSA (RMSA) are shown in Figure 1.1. Radiation from the MSA can occur from the
fringing fields between the periphery of the patch and the ground plane. In 1953,
Deschamps first proposed the concept of the MSA [12]. Practical antennas were
developed by Krutsinger and Munson [13] and Howell [14] in the 1970s. Later in
the year 1995, Munson has laid the concept of conformal microstrip antennas and
microstrip phased arrays [15]. The design of antennas for advanced technologies

Figure 1.1: Microstrip antenna

requires antennas that operate at more than just one frequency whilst maintaining
a small size. The MSA can be excited directly either by a coaxial probe or by a
microstrip line. It can also be excited indirectly using an electromagnetic coupling,
aperture coupling and through a coplanar waveguide feed.

1.2.1 Progressive development of MSA


Origin of microstrip like geometries started in 1950s [16]. Patentization of MSA
design was done in the year 1955 [2]. First mathematical analysis of a wide variety
of rectangular, circular, semi-circular and triangular microstrip patch using the modal
expansion technique was framed in 1977 [16]. First international meeting devoted to
the MSA materials, analysis, practical designs, array configurations and theoretical

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models had started in 1979 [17]. A special issue of IEEE transactions on Antenna &
Propagation publication started in the year 1981 [18].

1.2.2 Characteristics of MSAs


The MSA has proven to be an excellent radiator for many applications because of its
several advantages. But it has narrow Bandwidth (BW), which is the major limiting
factor for the widespread application of these antennas. Increasing the BW of MSA
has been the major thrust of research in this field. The main advantages of MSAs are
listed below:

• They are lightweight, have a small volume and possess a low-profile planar
configuration.

• They can be made compact for use in personal mobile communication.

• Their ease of mass production using printed-circuit technology lead to a low


fabrication cost.

• They are easier to integrate with other Microwave Integrated Circuits (MICs)
on the same substrate.

• They allow both linear polarization and circular polarization.

• They allow dual, triple and multi-frequency operations.

Limitations of MSAs are listed below:

• They have narrow bandwidth.

• They have lower gain.

• Their power-handling capability is lower.

1.3 Types of MSA


1.3.1 Rectangular Patch
It is the most popular, by far the most widely used conguration and easy to analyze
shape of MSA using both the transmission-line and cavity models, which are most
accurate for thin substrate. Array of microstrip elements with single or multiple feeds
is used to introduce scanning capabilities and achieve greater directivities.

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1.3.2 Circular Patch
Cavity model is used to analyze it where cylindrical coordinates are applied. Circular
polarized antennas have larger dimensions. Therefore, it is hard to achieve miniatur-
ization for devices using circular polarized signals via circularly polarized antennas.
Invention of linearly polarized patch antenna which can receive circularly polarized
signals is being done. As far as the dimensions of the patch, there are two parameters
to control (length and width) for the rectangular MSA. However, for the circular
patch there is only one parameter to control and that is radius of the patch.

1.3.3 Impedance matching in MSA


Radiation from the MSA can occur from the fringing fields between the periphery of
the patch and the ground plane. The length L of the rectangular patch for the funda-
mental T M10 mode excitation is slightly smaller than λ/2, where λ is the wavelength
in the dielectric medium, which in terms of free-space wavelength λ0 is given as

λ0 / ef f , where ef f is the effective dielectric constant of a microstrip line of width
W. The value of ef f is slightly less than the dielectric constant r of the substrate
because the fringing fields from the patch to the ground plane are not confined in the
dielectric only, but are also spread in the air. To enhance the fringing fields from the
patch, which account for the radiation, the width W of the patch is increased. The
fringing fields are also enhanced by decreasing the r or by increasing the substrate
thickness h. Therefore, unlike the Microwave Integrated Circuit (MIC) applications,
MSA uses microstrip patches with larger width and substrates with lower r and
thicker h. For MSA applications in the microwave frequency band, generally h is
taken greater than or equal to 1/16th of an inch (0.159 cm) [19].

1.4 Feeding techniques


The MSA can be excited directly either by a microstrip line or by coaxial probe.

1.4.1 Microstrip line feed


In this type of feed technique, a conducting strip is connected directly to the edge of
the Microstrip patch as shown in Figure 1.2 .The conducting strip is smaller in width
as compared to the patch and this kind of feed arrangement has the advantage that the
feed can be etched on the same substrate to provide a planar structure. The purpose
of the inset cut in the patch is to match the impedance of the feed line to the patch

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without the need for any additional matching element. This is achieved by properly
controlling the inset position [20].

Figure 1.2: Line feed

1.4.2 Inset feed


In line feed the patch antenna was fed at the end as shown in Figure 1.2. Since
this typically yields a high input impedance, we need to modify the feed. Since the
current is low at the ends of a half-wave patch and increases in magnitude toward
the center, the input impedance (Z=V/I) could be reduced if the patch was fed closer
to the center [20]. One method of doing this is by using an inset feed (a distance y
from the end) as shown in Figure 1.3. Since the current has a sinusoidal distribution,

Figure 1.3: Inset feed

moving in a distance R from the end will increase the current by cos(πy/L),his is just
noting that the wavelength is 2y, and so the phase difference is 2πy/(2L)=πy/L.

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The voltage also decreases in magnitude by the same amount that the current in-
creases. Hence, using Z=V/I, the input impedance scales as:

Z0 = Zin cos2 (πy/L) (1.1)

Where Zin is the input impedance if the patch was fed at the end and Z0 is impedance
of feed line usually 50 Ω.

1.4.3 Coaxial feed


The Coaxial feed or probe feed is a very common technique used for feeding Mi-
crostrip patch antennas. As seen from Figure 1.4 the inner conductor of the coaxial
connector extends through the dielectric and is soldered to the radiating patch, while
the outer conductor is connected to the ground plane. The main advantage of this
type of feeding scheme is that the feed can be placed at any desired location within
the patch area in order to match its input impedance [21]. This feed method is easy to
fabricate and has low spurious radiation. For a thick dielectric substrate, this scheme
is especially suitable for broad bandwidth applications.

Figure 1.4: Coaxial feed

1.5 Performance parameters of MSA


The improvement in important result parameters are discussed in Table 1.1. Size
reduction of the overall antenna is the main area of consideration while maintaining
the gain and bandwidth. Various techniques were adopted by researchers to improve
the gain of the microstrip antenna since 1984. Loading of the high permittivity di-
electric substrate was used rst to improve the gain [9] and to maintain the bandwidth,
the technique of increasing the thickness of substrate was adopted in 1995 [22].

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Table 1.1: Yearwise improvement in performance parameter of MSA

Parameters Year of Techniques Researcher(s) and pub-


publica- lished Source(s)/ Refer-
tion ence(s)
Gain 1984 Loading of high Alexopolous and Jackson [9]
permittivity di-
electric substrate
1990 Stacked configu- Lee et al. [23]
ration
1992 Inclusion of am- Robert et al. [24]
plifier type of ac-
tive circuitry
2005 A study of using Wu et al. [25]
metamaterials as
antenna substrate
to enhance gain
2009 Gigabit per sec- Franson et al. [26]
ond data transfer
in high-gain
metamaterial
structures at 60
GHz
2011 Spaser action, Stockman [27]
loss compensa-
tion, and stability
in plasmonic
systems with gain
enhancement
2015 Size miniaturiza- Reddy et al. [28]
tion of slit-based
circular patch
antenna with
defected ground
structure
Bandwidth 1995 Thickness of sub- Huynh and Lee [22]
strate is increased

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Parameters Year of Techniques Researcher(s) and pub-
publica- lished Source(s)/ Refer-
tion ence(s)
1999 Use of feed- Luk et al. [29]
ing methods
like proximity
method
2003 Loading the Vadak and Gupta [30]
suspended MSA
with a dielectric
resonator
2015 A High- Maroufi et al. [31]
Bandwidth
MEMS Nanopo-
sitioner
Size Re- 1988 Use of short cir- Pinhas and Shtrikman [32]
duction cuits
1997 Cutting slots Iwasaki [33]
in the radiating
patch
2004 Use of a par- Lee and Harackiewicz [34]
tially filled high
permittivity sub-
strate
2011 Scaling of losses Khurgin and Sun [35]
with size and
wavelength in
nanoplasmonics
and metamateri-
als
2013 Size reduction in Patel and Kosta [36]
microstrip based
meandered radi-
ating structure
2015 Characteristics Gupta et al. [37]
of a compact
circularly polar-
ized microstrip
antenna
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With the increasing requirements for personal and mobile communications, the
demand for smaller and low-prole antennas has brought the concept of MSA. Re-
cently, there has been growing interest in both the theoretical and experimental study
of metamaterials inspired antennas. MSAs, which are mainly used for defense and
commercial applications, are replacing many conventional antennas. However, the
types of applications of MSAs are restricted by the antennas’ inherent narrow band-
width. Hence, researchers are making various attempts to improve its bandwidth
while maintaining the overall gain of the antenna. Scientists and researchers also
made various attempts to reduce the overall size of the microstrip antenna from 1988
onwards [32]. Use of short circuits was the rst technique adopted in 1988 [32], cutting
slots in the radiating patch was the revolutionary technique that came into practice
from 1996 and the use of a partially lled high permittivity substrate was introduced
in 2002 [34].

1.6 Parametric Study Of MSA


1.6.1 Effect of width
The width of the Rectangular Microstrip Antenna(RMSA) has significant effect on
the input impedance, Bandwidth, and gain of the antenna. With an increase in width,
the following effects are observed: The resonance frequency decreases. The BW
of the antenna increases. Majid et al. stated that the aperture area of the antenna
increases resulting in an increase in the directivity, efficiency, and gain [38]. The
below mentioned formula in Equation 1.2 can be used to calculate the width of the
patch, r r
1 2 v0 2
W = √ = (1.2)
2fr µ0 0 r + 1 2fr r + 1
For an RMSA to be an efcient radiator, W should be taken equal to a half wave-
length corresponding to the average of the two dielectric mediums (i.e., substrate and
air) [39].
The expressions for approximately calculating the percentage BW, expressed as
B of the RMSA in term of patch dimensions and substrate parameters is given by
Equation 1.3:
Ah
B= √ q (1.3)
λ0 r W L

Where, A=180 for


h
√ < 0.045 (1.4)
λ0 r

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A = 200 for
h
0.045 < √ < 0.075 (1.5)
λ0 r
A = 220 for
h
√ ≥ 0.075 (1.6)
λ0 r
If W is smaller, then the BW and gain will decrease. If W is larger, then the BW
increases due to the increase in the radiated fields. The directivity also increases due
to the increase in the aperture area.

1.6.2 Effect of height (h)


With the increase in h, the fringing fields from the edges increase, thereby decreas-
ing the resonance frequency. The BW of the antenna increases. The directivity
of the antenna increases marginally because the effective aperture area is increased
marginally. However, efficiency decreases due to an increase in the cross-polar level
and surface-wave propagation. Generally, efficiency increases with an increase in the
substrate thickness initially due to the increase in the radiated power, but thereafter, it
starts decreasing because of the higher crosspolar level and excitation of the surface
wave [38].

1.6.3 Effect of finite ground plane


The finite ground plane effect can be taken into account by numerical techniques.
However, it should be noted that the simulation time is least when the ground plane
is infinite because then only the patch is analyzed with its perfect image. For the finite
ground plane, on the other hand, both the patch and the ground plane are divided into
number of segments and hence the simulation time increases. Also, as the size of the
ground plane increases, the simulation time increases [38].

1.6.4 Effect of cover


MSAs are sometimes covered with a dielectric layer to protect them from the envi-
ronment, or painted with dielectric material, or placed inside a radome with some
air gap. The dielectric layer influences the characteristics of the antenna and, in
general, reduces the resonance frequency d. When the MSA is covered with a di-
electric radome, generally an air gap is present between the patch and the dielectric
cover. The radome could be of any shape, but generally a flat radome is preferred for
MSAs. The gain increases slightly.

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1.6.5 Effect of permittivity
With an increase in permittivity the following effects are observed: BW increases
because the resonance frequency has increased. A better comparison of effect of per-
mittivity is obtained when the antenna is designed to operate in the same frequency
range for different values of permittivity [38].

1.6.6 Effect of loss tangent


Substrates having a low dielectric loss are expensive. Loss tangent of an antenna
is expressed as tan δ. For initial testing or for designing new MSA configurations,
sometimes low-cost substrates are used, but generally these have larger tan δ value.
Hence, it is important to know the effect of tan δ on the performance of the antenna.
With an increase in tan δ, the loss in the dielectric material increases and hence Zin
decreases, so the impedance plot shifts toward the left side. The increase in loss
tangent also decreases the impedance variation and increases the loss in the patch
leading to an increase in BW and a decrease in efficiency. When tan δ increases,
the dielectric loss increases, which reduces the input impedance, so the feed point
is shifted slightly toward the edge for impedance matching. As tan δ increases, the
resonance frequency remains same, but BW increases. The directivity D remains
same, but h decreases, thereby decreasing the gain [38].

1.6.7 Effect of substrate parameters


The substrate parameters of the radiating patch and microstrip feed line have a sig-
nificant effect on the input impedance of the Aperture Coupled Microstrip Antenna
(ACMSA). With an increase in the dielectric constant r1 , the field is less spread out
and the electrical length of the aperture increases, which increases coupling. The
increase in coupling results in an increase in the resonant input resistance. As the
thickness of the substrates increases, the coupling decreases, and hence the input
impedance loci shifts toward the left side of the Smith chart. This reduction in cou-
pling can be compensated for by increasing the length or width of the aperture. In
addition to the length, width, and location of the aperture, the shape of the aperture
is an important parameter in designing the ACMSA [38].

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1.7 Analysis models of MSA
By using transmission line implementation of metamaterials, an MSA can be de-
signed to operate in left handed mode where the propagation constant approaches
negative innity while wavelength becomes innitesimally small as the frequency de-
creases to lower cut off. A dual band and triband antenna can be realized by slightly
changing the shape of a rectangular patch antenna. The dual band antenna is very use-
ful for satellite communication to cover both transmit and receive operation simul-
taneously. Its applications are in radar, satellite communication, wireless network,
mobile communication and microwave sensors.
Table 1.2: Analysis models of Microstrip patch antenna [16]

Transmission Line Model Cavity Model Full-Wave model


Easiest More complex Most complex,gives less
physical insight
Less accurate More accurate Very accurate and versatile
More difcult to model coupling Used successfully Can treat single elements, nite
and innite arrays, stacked el-
ements, arbitrary shaped ele-
ments and coupling

1.8 Applications of MSAs


The advantages of MSAs make them suitable for numerous applications. With in-
creasing requirements for personal and mobile communications, the demand for
smaller and low-profile antennas has brought the concept of MSA. Recently, there
has been growing interest in both the theoretical and experimental study of metama-
terials. MSAs, which are used for defense and commercial applications, are replacing
many conventional antennas. The telemetry and communications antennas on mis-
siles need to be thin and conformal and are often MSAs. Radar altimeters use small
arrays of microstrip radiators. Other aircraft-related applications include antennas
for telephone and satellite communications. Microstrip arrays have been used for
satellite imaging systems. Patch antennas have been used on communication links
between ships or buoys and satellites. Smart weapon systems use MSAs because
of their thin profile. Pagers, the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM),
and the Global Positioning System (GPS) are major users of MSAs. Some of the
applications of MSAs are listed below:

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• Aircrafts and ship antennas communication and navigation, altimeters, blind
landing systems.

• Missiles radars, proximity fuses, and telemetry.

• Satellite communications, domestic direct broadcast TV, vehicle-based antenna


communication.

• Mobile radio pagers and hand telephones, man pack systems, mobile vehicles.

• Remote sensing large lightweight apertures.

• Biomedical applicators in microwave hyperthermia.

• Other intruder alarms, personal communication.

1.9 Research gaps / Challenges


• Lack of the mathematical relationship to detect the spacing height for best
directivity and gain of the microstrip patch antenna.

• Inadequate literature to support the concept and analysis of radome structure.

• Unavailability of the adequate literature to support the use of optimization tech-


niques for performance parameters enhancements.

1.10 Objectives of the present work


The objectives of the present work are listed below:

• To obtain multiband operation of miniaturized patch within desired frequency


band.

• To analyze and design a metamaterial based radome structure for a microstrip


antenna.

• To enhance the response using metamaterial based radome structures with the
miniaturization of the overall antenna size.

• Theoretical analysis of the optimization techniques applied on the radome


structure. Comparative analysis to retrieve the best choices among the design
variables.

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Chapter 2

Metamaterials: An Introduction

2.1 Overview
The first attempt to explore the concept of “artificial materials appears to trace back
to the late part of the nineteenth century when Jagadis Chunder Bose conducted the
first microwave experiment on twisted structures,geometries that were essentially ar-
tificial chiral elements by today’s terminology [16]. Lindman worked on “artificial
chiral media by embedding many randomly oriented small wire helices in a host
medium [17]. Kock made lightweight microwave lenses by arranging conducting
spheres, disks, and strips periodically and effectively tailoring the effective refractive
index of the artificial media [17]. Since then, artificial complex materials have been
the subject of research for many investigators worldwide.
In recent years new concepts in synthesis and novel fabrication techniques have
allowed the construction of structures and composite materials that mimic known ma-
terial responses or that qualitatively have new, physically realizable response func-
tions that do not occur or may not be readily available in nature. These metamaterials
can in principle be synthesized by embedding various constituents/inclusions with
novel geometric shapes and forms in some host media Figure 2.1. Various types of
electromagnetic composite media, such as Double-Negative (DNG) materials, chi-
ral materials, omega media, wire media, bianisotropic media, linear and nonlinear
media, and local and nonlocal media, to name a few, have been studied by various
research groups worldwide. Metamaterial is the combination of the word “Meta” &
“Material”. “Meta” is the Greek prefix meaning “Beyond”. Metamaterials are syn-
thetic structures that possess electromagnetic properties beyond conventional mate-
rials. They gain electromagnetic properties from their structure as opposed to their
intrinsic material property. Metamaterials are useful because they are designed to
function as continuous effective media to electromagnetic radiation.

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Figure 2.1: Generic sketch of a volumetric metamaterial synthesized by embedding various
inclusions in a host medium

A metamaterial (or meta material) is a material which gains its properties from its
structure rather than directly from its composition. Metamaterials are a broader class
of materials which enables us to manipulate the permittivity and permeability for op-
timizing physical properties of radiating patch primarily for improvement in radiation
from antenna. Recently, there has been growing interest in both the theoretical and
experimental study of metamaterials. Many properties and potential applications of
left-handed metamaterials have been explored and analyzed theoretically [40]. The
main principal is to characterize a sample with effective material parameters ef f and
µef f , which result from spatial averaging of the electric and magnetic fields.
Kock developed materials that had similar characteristics to metamaterials in the
late 1940s [17]. Materials, which exhibited reversed physical characteristics were
first described theoretically by Veselago [41]. Metamaterials that provide a structure
with an effective negative index of refraction is called Negative Index Metamaterial
(NIMs). This is also first conceptualized by Veselago [41]. In DNG media, materi-
als with both negative permittivity and negative permeability are almost synonymous
with MTM referred to as Left-Handed Metamaterials (LHM) by Veselago, back-
ward wave media and negative refraction index [41]. Pendry proposed the focusing
phenomenon in a perfect lens [16]. It has been attributed to two effects: propaga-
tion mode and evanescent modes. He also proposed physical structures that lead
to their physical realization [11, 16, 42]. A little over 30 years later, Smith et al.
reported the experimental demonstration of functional electromagnetic metamateri-
als by horizontal stacking, periodically arranged Split-Ring Resonators (SRRs) and
Thin-Wire(TW) structures [17]. Hence, this is first physically realized by Smith et
al. Smith et al. defined the Metamaterial(MTM) as artificial structures that display
properties beyond those available in naturally occurring materials. It may include ar-
tificial dielectrics, magnetic and bi-anisotropic materials. Since metamaterials were
first physically realized in 2000, many research groups have exploited these synthetic

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structures to create novel devices and components. Later, a method was provided to
realize negative index metamaterials using artificial lumped-element loaded trans-
mission lines in microstrip technology [43]. At microwave frequencies, the first real
invisibility cloak was realized [17]. However, only a very small object was imper-
fectly hidden. Researchers stated that for metamaterial applications to be realized,
several goals must be achieved viz a viz reducing energy loss (which is a major
limiting factor), developing three-dimensional isotropic materials instead of planar
structures and finding ways for mass production [17].
Metamaterial attracted great interest in the last years mainly from 2000 onwards
[11, 17, 41, 44, 45]. They are the class of materials which exhibit unique properties
not existing for natural materials and are also called LHM as the vectors E, H and k
form a left-handed set of systems. Since the idea first proposed by Veselago in 1968
[41], the availability and applications of such materials are explored recently and
their concepts are extended [46]. Researchers Smith and Schurig have shown that a
modulated Gaussian beam undergoes negative refraction at the interface between a
positive and negative refractive index material. It is shown that both the group and
phase velocities undergo negative refraction at the interface between a positive and a
negative index material [47].
The use of MTM coatings to enhance the radiation and matching properties of
electrically small electric and magnetic dipole antennas has been championed by
researchers like Ziolkowski and Erentok. It has also been demonstrated recently
that enclosing an electrically small dipole antenna in an electrically small epsilon-
negative shell behaves as an efficient radiators. As the inductive nature of the ENG
shell compensates for the capacitive nature of the electrically small electric dipole an-
tenna and functions as a distributed matching element. It has also been demonstrated
that the zero-index metamaterials can be used to achieve high directivity antennas.
The ability of oppositely-signed index of refraction layers to attain a zero phase
change across the bilayer and hence a resonance condition based on a ratio of the
dimensions rather than a sum, was suggested by Engheta [48]. The uses of properly
designed slow-wave artificial reactive surfaces and magneto-dielectric layers have
been proposed by Mosallaei et al. to achieve antenna miniaturization [49]. In the
related work of Bilotti et al. improved bandwidth and impedance matching with
smaller thicknesses have been proposed through the use of polygonal patch shapes
and proximity coupling feeding techniques [50]. The theoretical studies also show
that MTMs are highly suitable for designing physically miniaturized and compact
dual band and triple band printed low profile MSA which are useful for RF and
wireless communication.

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2.1.1 Engheta’s Study
Engheta proposed theoretically that negative index metamaterials could be used to
create thin subwavelength cavity resonators.In his paper, he analyzed a 1-D cavity
loaded with a bilayer composed of dielectric and negative index slabs. His aim was to
show that by loading a cavity with dielectric and negative index slabs, the resonance
depends on the ratio of slab thicknesses, and not their sum [48].

2.1.2 Hrabar’s Experiment


First experimental validation of Enghetas metamaterial loaded Resonator. Made a
resonant ring structure to function as the Left-Handed(LH) layer. This resonant ring
structure was then placed inside an evanescent waveguide to realize a LH wave. Cou-
pling loops were used to excite the loop and measure the phase of S21 . S21 phase was
then measured, showing that the metamaterial behaves as a phase compensator [17].

2.1.3 Kong’s Experiment


Expands upon Hrabar’s experiment .It shows that the resonant frequency is invari-
ant for various slab thicknesses, as long as Engheta’s dispersion relation is satisfied.
Metamaterial was fabricated and transmission properties were measured to verify LH
behavior. The phase difference across the bilayer cavity was measured to see whether
or not it approached zero as predicted by Engheta. The slab thicknesses (d1 and d2 )
were simultaneously varied to see if the resonant frequency in the cavity remained
unchanged [51].

2.2 Features of Metamaterials


2.2.1 Refraction and Snell’s Law
One of the most fundamental of optical effects is refraction, or the bending of light as
it crosses the interface between two materials. The phenomenon of refraction is well-
known to most of us: for example, an object under water viewed by an observer in air
always appears closer to the surface than it actually is. Refraction is the basic prin-
ciple behind lenses and other optical elements that focus, steer, guide or otherwise
manipulate light. The underlying principle of refraction can be easily understood and
applies to all electromagnetic waves, not just visible light. Every material, including
air, has an index-of-refraction (or refractive index). When an electromagnetic wave

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traverses the interface from a material with refractive index n1 to another material
with refractive index n2 , the change in its trajectory can be determined from the ratio
of refractive indices n2 /n1 by the use of Snell’s Law [41].
To apply Snell’s Law, consider an interface between two materials and an imagi-
nary line that runs perpendicular to the interface (the surface normal). The angles in
Snell’s law are measured away from the surface normal. If the refractive indices of
the two materials are not equal, the angle of the transmitted beam will differ from the
angle of the incident beam. The beam is then bent at the interface.
A common way to determine the refractive index of a material is to form a prism
out of the material, shine a beam of light through it and observe the deflection of
the beam on the other side. Light enters the prism through one of the interfaces at
direct incidence, striking the opposite interface at an oblique angle. The angle of the
prism defines the angle of incidence of the beam to the interface. A measurement
of the angle of the exit beam from the surface normal provides a measurement of
the refractive index of the prism. Snell’s Law shows that a material with a negative
refractive index, not a material that exists in nature, would refract a beam to negative
angles.

2.2.2 Veselago and negative index


All transparent or translucent materials possess positive refractive index i.e. a re-
fractive index that is greater than zero. Veselago published a theoretical analysis of
the electromagnetic properties of materials with negative permittivity and negative
permeability [41].
The electric permittivity and the magnetic permeability are commonly used ma-
terial parameters that describe how materials polarize in the presence of electric and
magnetic fields. Maxwell’s equations relate the permittivity and the permeability to
the refractive index as follows [41].
The sign of the index is usually taken as positive. However, Veselago showed that
if a medium has both negative permittivity and negative permeability, this convention
must be reversed: we must choose the negative sign of the square root. The velocity
of a wave in a material is given by c/n, where c is the speed of light in vacuum. The
implication of a negative index is that the wave travels backwards. An electromag-
netic wave can be depicted as a sinusoidally varying function that travels to the right
or to the left as a function of time. A wave is incident on a positive index material.
The greater index of the second medium implies that the wavelength decreases (by a
factor of 1/n); however, to maintain the same phase at the interface as a function of

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time, the speed of the wave must also be reduced, again by a factor of 1/n.
When the refractive index is negative, the speed of the wave given by c/n is neg-
ative and the wave travels backwards toward the source. Yet, we would reasonably
expect that since energy is incident on the material from the left, the energy in the
material should likewise travel to the right, away from the interface.
This seeming paradox is resolved, as Veselago showed, by realizing there are
more ways to define the velocity of a wave. The definition c/n is well known as the
phase velocity and determines the rate at which the peaks (or zeros) of a wave pass
a given point in time. But this is not most relevant definition of a wave’s velocity:
we can also define the group, energy, signal and front velocities, and these generally
differ from the phase velocity.
When the refractive index of a material does not vary with the wavelength of light
that travels through it, then all of the velocity definitions above are the same and we
can intuitively use the index as a measure of the wave’s velocity. However, when a
material is dispersive i.e. it has an index that varies with wavelength then the various
definitions of velocity no longer agree and we can no longer determine the actual
velocity of the wave, or at least the rate at which energy is transported, from the
value of the refractive index alone. A calculation of the group or the energy velocity
reveals that energy is actually flowing to the right in both cases. Thus, as Veselago
showed, the phase and energy velocities are opposite in a negative index material.

2.3 Classification of Metamaterials


The metamaterials categorized as LHM, electromagnetic metamaterials, artificial
dielectrics, artificial magetics, left-handed metamaterials, high-impedance surfaces
electromagnetic crystals, Terahertz metamaterials, Photonic Metamaterials, and Tun-
able metamaterials.

2.3.1 Left-Handed Metamaterials (LHM)


Metamaterials, also known as Left-Handed Metamaterial (LHM) where the perme-
ability and permittivity were simultaneously negative. LHM is an interesting material
to be investigated where this artificial material has several unique properties such as
the backward wave and the focusing effect inside it slab. The history of LHM was
started from Veselago when he made a theoretical speculation of this artificial ma-
terial that exhibit negative permittivity and negative permeability. Thirty four years
later, Smith made the first prototype structures of LHM [17]. The LHM is a com-

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bination of SRR and Thin Wire (TW). Since the introduction of LHM twelve years
ago, numerous researchers were interested in investigating this artificial material and
several of them were using LHM to improve the properties of the microwave devices
such as antenna and filter. Many papers have been published concerning the LHM
integrated with antennas and their properties have been analyzed. Researchers had
verified that not only were these engineered materials possible, but they also could
enable ”perfect” lenses that were nevertheless flat. The focusing affect of LHM made
a low gain antenna becomes directive with an increment of gain. The designed LHM
is a combination of a modified SRR and Capacitance Loaded Strip (CLS).
The length of the SRR is very crucial where the resonance frequency can be al-
tered to what we desired. The introduction of CLS make the SRR become smaller
and it will reduce the size of the structure and the return loss better than before. The
range of negative value of permittivity and permeability should be close to the res-
onance frequency observed from S11 . The radiation pattern of microstrip antenna
integrated with LHM structure has an improved gain compared to the gain of the
microstrip antenna without LHM structure. The increment of gain of the microstrip
antenna shows the LHM structure act as a lens where the wave focus in front of
the LHM structure. The Half-Power Beam-Width (HPBW) of the single patch mi-
crostrip antenna with LHM structure is narrower than the HPBW of the single patch
microstrip antenna. This also shows that LHM can be a focusing device where the
beam become narrow and the gain increased. However, despite increasing of gain,
the side and back lobe was also increased. If the side and back lobe can be reduced,
the gain of the microstrip antenna with LHM structure can be further improved.

2.3.2 Electromagnetic metamaterials


They are artificially structured materials that are designed to interact with and control
electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic waves might be any type of wave in the
electromagnetic spectrum. Light waves in the visible region occupy a rather small
portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Visible light waves have wavelengths from
400nm to 700nm (a nanometer is one-billionth of a meter), yet electromagnetic waves
can have wavelengths of thousands of kilometers to trillionths of a meter. When
light (or electromagnetic) waves enter a material, the electric and magnetic fields
of the wave cause electrons within the material to move around. This exchange of
electromagnetic energy with the atoms and molecules of a material is the means by
which materials can be used to control and manipulate light waves, forming the basis
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The size and typical spacing of atoms within a material are on the order of
angstroms, or tenths of one nanometer. That means that visible light waves, which
are hundreds of nanometers in size, or longer wavelength waves cannot even come
close to resolving the atomic structure. Although materials are formed from collec-
tions of atoms, one cannot see the individual atoms because the light perceived is so
much larger than the atomic scale. So, approximate the discrete atoms and molecules
of a material as a continuous substance, whose properties derive not only from the
individual atoms and molecules, but also their interactions.
Metamaterials avoid the techniques of chemical synthesis, and arrive at new elec-
tromagnetic materials by changing the geometry of other objects. There is now no
longer need to consider about reaction dynamics, but rather how to design the geom-
etry of metamaterial elements so that a composite formed from these elements will
have desired properties.

2.3.3 Artificial dielectric material


Artificial dielectrics also known as metamaterials, usually consist of artificially cre-
ated unit cell by help of dielectric and metallic structure of a certain shape. These
cell can be distributed and oriented in space, either in a regular lattice or in a random
manner.
The dimensions of the unit cell and characteristic distances between neighboring
ones are very small, as compared to the wavelength. Although the size of a single unit
cell is usually much larger than those of real molecules and lattice periods of natural
crystals, this allows us to describe the unit cell in terms of material parameters as well
as characterize the artificial dielectrics formed with these unit cells macroscopically
using the classic Maxwells equations. The artificial dielectrics are also used in ap-
plications where high-permittivity are require, such as a Titanate with  ' 90. Since
these materials are usually expensive, an alternative is to use metallic inclusions of
various shapes with sizes that artificially produce with small size, light weight, low
cost and high-permittivity [52].

2.3.4 Artificial magnetic material


Artificial magnetic materials are typically synthesized by using resonant elements, as
for example SRRs and Swiss rolls are shown in Figure 2.2. The split-ring resonators
are more widely used than the Swiss rolls since they can be manufactured using
printed circuit technology. An artificial magnetic material, which is formed by split-
ring resonators, possesses negative permeability within a frequency band near the

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(a) (b)

Figure 2.2: (a) Split Ring Resonator, (b) Swiss Roll [53]

resonant frequency of the single split-ring resonator, it is widely used to create LHMs.
Metallic waveguides filled with such artificial magnetic materials support to guide
waves at frequencies below the cutoff frequency of hollow waveguides, hence such
guides are also referred to as the subwavelength waveguides. This effect can be used
for miniaturization of guided wave structures [54].

2.3.5 Artificial left-handed metamaterials


The left handed metamaterials are also called Double Negative Metamaterials (DNG).
These material have both permittivity and permeability are negative. They are also
called backward-wave media or negative index materials. Shelby and Smith recently
suggested that a way to realize a uniaxial DNG medium which is form by using lat-
tice of metallic wires and resonant magnetic particles, as shown in Figure 2.3. In

Figure 2.3: Realization of DNG material at microwave frequencies [16]

this design, an array of metallic wires are used to realize negative permittivity of
medium, and a lattice of split ring resonators are used to create a negative permeabil-
ity of medium. The maxwell equation for plane wave with time harmonic function in

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homogeneous, isotropic, source free background with permittivity  and permeability
µ are
K~ ×E ~ = ωB~ = ωµH ~ (2.1)
~ ×K
H ~ = ωD
~ = ωE
~ (2.2)
where
~ = Wave vector,
K
~ = Electric field intensity,
E
~ = Magnetic field intensity,
H
ω = Angular velocity of wave,
 = Permittivity of the Medium,
µ = Permeability of medium,
For ordinary media the E,~ H ~ and K ~ are right-handed, but in case of both  ≤ 0 and
µ ≤ 0 it make the medium left-handed, so the time dependent Pointing vector S ~ =E ~
×H ~ is parallel to K
~ in the right handed media and antiparallel in the latter one, that
are shown in Figure 2.4.

Figure 2.4: Wave vector in left-handed and right-handed media [55]

2.3.6 High impedance surface


By incorporating a special texture on a conductor surface, it is possible to alter
its radio- frequency surface properties. Where the period of the surface texture is
much smaller than the wavelength, the structure can be described using an effective
medium model, and its qualities can be summarized into a single parameter, the sur-
face impedance. This boundary condition defines the ratio of the tangential electric
field to the tangential magnetic field at the surface. It is the same impedance given

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by Ohm’s law: the ratio of the voltage to the current along the sheet, expressed in
Ohms/square. A smooth conducting sheet has low surface impedance, while with a
specially designed geometry, the textured surface can have high surface impedance.
A high-impedance surface, shown in cross section in Figure 2.5, consists of an array
of metal protrusions on a flat metal sheet. They are arranged in a two-dimensional
lattice, and are usually formed as metal plates, connected to the continuous lower
conductor by vertical posts. They can be visualized as mushrooms or thumbtacks
protruding from the surface. An example of a top view is shown in Figure 2.6. The
hexagonal metal patches are raised above the surface, and the dots in the center are
vertical connecting posts. If the protrusions are small compared to the wavelength,

Figure 2.5: Cross-section of a High-impedance surface [56]

Figure 2.6: Top view of a High-impedance surface[56]

their electromagnetic properties can be described using lumped circuit elements that
are capacitors and inductors. The proximity of the neighboring metal elements pro-
vides the capacitance, and the long conducting path linking them together provides
the inductance. They behave as parallel resonant LC circuits, which act as electric
filters to block the flow of currents along the sheet.

2.3.7 Terahertz metamaterials


Terahertz metamaterials interact at terahertz frequencies, this frequency range de-
fined as 0.1 THz to 10 THz. This frequency range corresponds to the wavelengths

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between 3 mm (EHF band) and 0.03 mm (long-wavelength edge of far-infrared light).
Since the terahertz frequency higher than microwave but lower than infrared radia-
tion and visible light. So it is difficult to influence the terahertz radiation with general
or common electronics components and devices. The electronics technology control
the flow of electrons which are well developed for microwave frequency rang and
for radio frequency. We can use the terahertz frequency range for security screen-
ing, medical imaging, wireless communication system, Non-destructive evaluation,
chemical identification and Non-ionizing radiation because it does not have the risk
like X-ray screening.
The fundamental elements for terahertz and infrared frequencies have been pro-
gressively scaled to smaller sizes. Terahertz metamaterials devices have been demon-
strated in the laboratory as tunable far-infrared filters, optical switching modulators
and as an absorbers. The recent existence of a terahertz radiating source in gen-
eral are THz quantum cascade lasers, optically pumped THz lasers, Backward Wave
Oscillators (BWO) and frequency multiplied sources [57].

Figure 2.7: Terahertz planar traveling-wave tube circuit [57]

2.3.8 Photonic metamaterials


A photonic metamaterials are an artificially fabricated, sub-wavelength, periodic
structure, designed to interact with optical frequencies. The sub-wavelength period
distinguishes the phonetic metamaterials from photonic band gap structures. In con-
ventional material the electric field and magnetic airfield response depend upon the
atomic structure but in metamaterials unit cell play the roll of atom, which are ho-
mogeneous at large scales so this medium call effective consistent medium. Some
metamaterials produce magnetism at high frequencies due to this strong magnetic
coupling occurred. This pairing can produce negative index of refraction in the opti-
cal range [58].

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2.3.9 Tunable metamaterials
Metamaterials based devices could come to include filters, modulators, amplifiers,
transistors, and resonators, among others. The usefulness of such a device could be
extended tremendously if the metamaterials response characteristics can be dynam-
ically tuned. Control of the effective electromagnetic parameters of a metamaterials
are possible through externally tunable components. A tunable metamaterials are ma-
terials which have capability to arbitrarily adjust frequency changes. It have ability to
determine whether the EM wave is transmitted, reflected, or absorbed. The tenability
of metamaterial are achieved by changing the unit cell structure in real time [58].
In study, it has examined the ability to control the response of individual particles
using tunable devices such as varactor diodes, semiconductor materials, and Barium
Strontium Titanate (BST) thin films. A multielement tunable magnetic medium is
reported by Zhao et al. [17]. This structure immersed SRRs in liquid crystals, and
achieved a 2% tunable range.

2.4 Effects of array dimensions


Increasing array dimensions increase the depth of the transmission minimum (Re-
turn Loss S11 ) and widens the stop bandwidth. Furthermore, resonance frequency
of the SRR array shifts either towards the lower frequencies or towards the higher
frequencies depending upon the dimension at which the number of array elements
are increased. This behavior is interpreted as a result of different coupling effects in
two different dimensions due to the inherent asymmetry of the two-dimensional SRR
arrays implemented [17].

2.4.1 Split Ring Resonator (SRR)


It is a well-known metamaterial structure that is commonly used in microwave and
antenna applications. The SRR pattern is printed on a dielectric substrate in the form
of conducting strip lines made of good conductors such as copper or gold. An SRR
array can provide highly positive or highly negative effective permeability values
over some definite frequency bands [59]. These negative valued permeabilities, in
particular, enable us to realize left-handed metamaterials which were theoretically
proposed by Veselago [41]. Split-ring resonator topology that provides not only
multi-band operation at two or more resonance frequencies but also lends itself to
adaptive tuning.

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2.4.2 Micro-Split Ring Resonator (MSRR)
The Micro-Split Ring Resonator (MSRR) type unit cell structures to be used for
multi-band and tunable metamaterial design. The on/off state of the extremely narrow
additional splits of MSRRs can be efficiently controlled in microwave frequencies
by proper switching techniques such as the RF MEMS switching technique. The
resonance frequency of a MSRR cell can be easily increased by additional micro-
splits which effectively reduce the equivalent capacitance of the SRR unit cell.

2.5 Properties of Metamaterials


2.5.1 Reverse Doppler Effect
The energy flux carried by the wave is determined by the poynting vector S,
c
S= Q [E × H] (2.3)
4

The vector S always forms right handed set with vectors E and H. For right-
handed substances S and k are in the same direction & for left-handed substances they
are in opposite direction. In left handed substances, the phase velocity is opposite to
the direction of energy flux. Therefore, there will be a reversed doppler effect [41].

2.5.2 Negative Group Velocity


The vector k is in the direction of phase velocity, so left handed substances has neg-
ative phase velocity and negative group velocity [41].

2.6 Applications of metamaterials


Since metamaterial property can be changed according to the requirement, by help
of its design. These properties may not be available in natural material. One can
use these properties of metamaterial for many applications. The metamaterials for
antennas are commercially available.
By using the metamaterial one can reduce the unwanted loss and enhance the ra-
diated power. Some applications of metamaterials are given below in the subsequent
subsections.

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2.6.1 Metamaterials in microstrip antenna
We can improve the antenna performance by using metamaterials. It can be used to
modify the following antenna parameters.
• For size reduction
• For gain and directivity improvement
• For input impedance matching

2.6.1.1 Metamaterials for size reduction The Metamaterials as a substrate can


be used for various applications. It can be used as high impedance surface, that can
be used to integrate low profile antennas in various component and packages. The
high impedance substrate prevent the unwanted radiation from traveling cross the
substance which increase the efficiency of low profile antennas.
The microstrip antenna printed on substrate.The high dielectric constant of sub-
strate provides low resonance frequency. We can use this property for miniaturization
of the antenna. Metamaterials substrates can be designed to act as a very high dielec-
tric substrate for a frequency band and hence it can be used to miniaturize the antenna
size [60].

2.6.1.2 Metamaterials for gain and directivity improvement Coming genera-


tion are demanding for multiple beam antennas but it also necessary to minimize the
number of reflector antenna’s mass as well as size. At smaller size feeds and directiv-
ity issue are arise and as a result efficiency of the whole feed reflector system suffers.
High directive antenna elements can be realized by introducing a set of metamaterials
superstrates. This can improve the radiating efficiency.
The presence of it above the antenna may be affect the basic performance char-
acteristic, such as gain, radiation resistance, and efficiency, but if the substrate layer
is appropriately designed and placed above the antenna at suitable hight, high gain
can be achieved. The main features of metamaterials superstrate are to increase the
transmission rate and control of the direction of transmissions which enable one to
design high gain directive antennas.

2.6.1.3 For input impedance matching Metamaterials ground planes also known
as artificial magnetic conducting ground planes are widely used as the planar antenna
ground planes in order to enhance the input impedance bandwidth. Metamaterials
ground planes provides high resistive surface that can be used to improve the axial
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surface. High impedance surface also increase the gain of antenna.

2.6.2 Metamaterials as an absorber


Metamaterials can be also used for efficient electromagnetic absorber. The first meta-
materials based absorber designed by Landy [61], it has three layers, two of them are
metallic (copper) and other is dielectric, it shows simulated absorptivity of 99% at
11.48 GHz as shown in Figure 2.8. The metamaterials absorbers are used in emit-
ters, sensor, spatial light modulators, wireless communication, in solar cell and in
thermophotovoltaic.

Figure 2.8: The unit cell of Absorber[61].

2.6.3 Metamaterials as a superlens


The diffraction limit is an ingrained limitation in conventional optics devices or
lenses due to this limit the camera or microscope is not capable to capture the very
fine detail of any given image in some area of biological sciences we can not be used
the conventional lens. Computer chips and the interrelated microelectronics are man-
ufactured to smaller and smaller scales. This requires specialized optical equipment,
which is also limited because these use the conventional lens. The usual lenses cap-
ture only the propagating light waves, which travel from a light source or an object
to a lens, or human eye, from far field. But the super lens, capture the propagating
light waves and the waves that stay on the surface of an object so we can say that the
super lens applicable for far field and near field.

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Figure 2.9: Planar Metamaterial lens[62]

2.6.4 Metamaterials as a cloaking device


In cloaking the electromagnetic light path is manipulated by metamaterials. The
cloaking can be achieved by cancellation of the electric and magnetic field generated
by an object or by guiding the electromagnetic wave around the object. The meaning
of directing the wave is transforming the co-ordinate system in such a way that inside
the hollow cloak the electromagnetic field will be zero due to this the region inside
the shell disappear as shown in Figure 2.10.

Figure 2.10: Metamaterials Cloaking [60]

2.6.5 Metamaterials as a sensor


The good wireless sensor has four important criteria which are given as:

• The sensor must have low operating frequency (Sub GHz range). Because at
high frequencies, we can not receive good signals due to absorption coeffi-

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cient of soft tissue since EM wave does not penetrate the soft tissues at high
frequencies.

• The sensor have a high quality factor in order to trace the operating frequency
and shift in the operational frequencies easily.

• The sensor must have high sensitivity, because the sensed spectrum may have
low data point.

• The sensor must be linear because with low non-linearity error we can easily
monitor the strain by just looking the slope of the shift of operating frequency
Vs micro-strain curve. This criterion is related to Q-factor since a sensor with
high Q-factor will have higher Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) and will have less
nonlinearity-errors.

Metamaterials are better wireless strain sensors compared to conventional RF(Radio


Frequency) structures such as spiral coils, because their unique structural properties
give advantages over conventional structures considering the four criteria listed above
as shown in Figure 2.11.

Figure 2.11: Unit cells (a) Multiple SRR (b)Sierpinski SRR (c) Spiral Resonator [63].

2.6.6 Metamaterials as a phase compensator


Metamaterials can be used as phase compensator, when the EM wave passes through
DPS slab having positive phase shift while for double negative slab it has negative
phase shift. So the double negative slab can be used to provide phase delay. If a EM
wave of leading phase passes through the double negative slab then it’s phase will be
compensated.

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2.7 Significance of metamaterial for microstrip patch
antenna
Theoretical analysis of metamaterials is studied and an overview is presented with the
explanation of the word “Metamaterial” and its associated principals. The concept of
SRR was introduced in detail. Various properties of metamaterial including reverse
doppler effect and negative group velocity are explored with mathematical support.
Features of metamaterial which includes refraction, snell’s law, Veselego’s negative
index are studied. Theoretical support with the history and researcher’s experiment
associated with the evaluation of metamaterial through a decade is presented.
Metamaterials introduction and their design for the applications in antenna de-
signs are presented. The concept of microstrip patch antenna was introduced in Chap-
ter 1 stating its advantages, disadvantages and applications. The effect of varying
height, width of the substrate and various parametric study of the microstrip antenna
are presented.
Next chapter presents practical realization techniques of metamaterials within
microstrip patch antenna. The metamaterials response is enhanced as artificial sub-
strate. Miniaturization of the overall antenna size is the core of the effort. Conceptual
clarity of metamaterial application in microstrip antenna and its associated properties
through literature review is obtained. The main objective is to analyze and design a
metamaterial substrate for a microstrip patch antenna and radome structure.

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Chapter 3

Metamaterial Based Radome


Antennas

3.1 Overview
Metamaterial inclusion required because despite many attractive electrical and me-
chanical features of microstrip antennas, their use in a number of applications at low
microwave frequencies has been limited due to their limited BW & size.
The use of MTM coatings to enhance the radiation and matching properties of
electrically small electric and magnetic dipole antennas has been championed by
researchers like Ziolkowski and Erentok [64, 65]. It has also been demonstrated
recently that enclosing an electrically small dipole antenna in an electrically small
epsilon-negative shell leads to an efficient radiator. As the inductive nature of the
ENG shell compensates for the capacitive nature of the electrically small electric
dipole antenna and functions as a distributed matching element. It has also been
demonstrated that the Zero-index MTMs can be used to achieve high directivity an-
tennas.
MTMs have proved themselves to be a material of the superb choice to increase
these performance parameters to a great extent. Based on the concept of MTMs, it is
reported in that sub-wavelength resonance of patch antennas can be achieved by par-
tially loading the patch cavity with a properly designed homogeneous and isotropic
permeability negative MTM. An implementation of this approach was later proposed,
where inclusions consisting of arrays of resonant structures such as SRRs are used
to create the required permeability negative medium, but a prototype was not con-
structed. The practical implementation of the approach remains problematic since
several arrays of planar resonant structures need to be oriented vertically within the
patch cavity in order to be effectively excited by the dominant mode magnetic field,

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which is horizontal. Thus, the fabrication process can be quite complex and costly.
Additionally, placing the inclusions increases the overall height of the antenna (to 5
mm for the antenna) which is not desirable in applications requiring thin substrates.
A new approach to achieve a thin, easy to fabricate, and low cost miniaturized patch
antennas is introduced. Hence, the radome structure is introduced in the field of
MTMs.
Miniaturization can be achieved by the conventional approach to miniaturizing
an antenna is to print the radiator on a high dielectric substrate. Since the volume
under the patch of the standard patch antenna acts as a cavity resonator with at least
one dimension being a half wavelength, a possible solution to shrink its dimensions
would be to fill its volume with a high permittivity dielectric. This effectively re-
duces the wavelength inside the cavity and hence the physical dimensions required
for resonance. Grounded substrates with high dielectric constants support surface-
wave propagation. Moreover, these high-permittivity dielectric are quite lossy. The
gain, radiation efficiency, and bandwidth are reduced when excitation of these modes
is increased.
The methods adopted for miniaturization is phase compensation property of matc-
hed DPS-DNG or ENG-MNG bilayers to achieve thin, sub-wavelength cavity res-
onators.
A metamaterial is introduced into the cover of a patch antenna and its band struc-
ture is analyzed. The mechanism of the metamaterial cover, the number of the cover’s
layers, and the distance between the layers, are analyzed in detail. Investigation of
metamaterials is currently one of the most active frontiers in engineering and physics
[1].
Metamaterials are also called backward-wave materials, double-negative materi-
als, or left-handed materials. Left-handed materials were proposed by Veselago [41].
The applications of metamaterials are widely spread in many fields such as imaging
apparatus, planar light wave circuits, optical waveguides, antennas, etc. Metamateri-
als have periodic structures. Metamaterial can also very efficiently improve antenna
directivities [66].
Microstrip patch antennas, though popular in these applications, are difficult to
miniaturize, since their resonant frequency is determined by the dominant mode of
the patch cavity (the region immediately beneath the patch). Nevertheless, numerous
miniaturization techniques using shorting posts, active loading or high permittivity
dielectrics have been conceived to lower the resonant frequency of patch antennas
without increasing their size. Unfortunately, as the demand for ever smaller patch
antennas increases; these techniques fail to produce the required size reductions.

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The MSA can be excited directly either by a coaxial probe or by a microstrip line.
It can also be excited indirectly using electromagnetic coupling or aperture coupling
and a coplanar waveguide feed [14].
Sometimes the R-MSAs are covered with the dielectric layer to protect them from
the real world environment or painted with dielectric material or placed in a radome
with some air gap. The dielectric layer influences the characteristics of the antenna
and in general, reduces the resonance frequency due to increase in the ef f . If the r
of the cover is increased, the resonance frequency decreases due to an increase in the
overall ef f of the patch. The decrease in resonant frequency implies decrease in BW
while gain remains unchanged.
Now a new concept has been introduced in this seminar report. A metamaterial
is introduced into the cover of a patch antenna. The metamaterial presented here is
similar to that described in [67]. Its effective index is between 0 and 1.
The simulations of such a metamaterial-cover patch antenna were computed by
the finite element method (Ansoft HFSS 13.0), computations are run for enough steps
to ensure that a steady results are achieved. The optimization procedure is based on
the integration of a full-wave solver HFSS.

3.2 Metamaterial included patch antenna


The special design of the metamaterial is composed of tiny metallic inclusions and
these elements are significantly smaller than the free space wavelength so as to pre-
vent diffraction effects. Then the array of unit cells is formed and by increasing array
dimensions return loss S11 improves and bandwidth is widened as a result of different
coupling effects.
Electromagnetic interactions produced by an applied field are described by an
electric permittivity and magnetic permeability in natural dielectrics. Plasmas are de-
scribed by a permittivity function which becomes negative below a plasma frequency,
and causes the propagation constant in the plasma to become imaginary. Pendry et
al. claimed to have developed microstructured artificial materials exhibiting strange
magnetic properties [42]. Metamaterials have periodic structures. Metamaterials can
also very efficiently improve antenna directivities. The work of Pendry et al. had
yielded two distinct electromagnetic structures: Rotman’s rodded artificial dielectric,
recast as a microwave plasma with  < 0, and the SRR, which exhibits µ < 0 at
microwave frequencies. SRR are the key element of the unit cell which is used to
provide multiband operation and adaptive tuning. By additional splits in SRR equiv-
alent capacitance can be reduced and hence the resonance frequency increases [42].

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Over the past decade, the need for small, compact and low cost antennas has
increased tremendously for applications such as wireless communications and radar.
Microstrip patch antennas, though popular in these applications, are difficult to minia-
turize, since their resonant frequency is determined by the dominant mode of the
patch cavity (the region immediately beneath the patch). Nevertheless, numerous
miniaturization techniques using shorting posts, active loading or high permittivity
dielectrics have been conceived to lower the resonant frequency of patch antennas
without increasing their size. Unfortunately, as the demand for ever smaller patch
antennas increases, these techniques fail to produce the required size reductions.
Based on the concept of metamaterials, it is reported in that sub-wavelength reso-
nance of circular patch antennas can be achieved by partially loading the patch cavity
with a properly designed homogeneous and isotropic µ negative metamaterial. An
implementation of this approach was later proposed, where inclusions consisting of
arrays of resonant structures such as SRRs are used to create the required µ negative
medium, but a prototype was not constructed. The practical implementation of the
approach remains problematic since several arrays of planar resonant structures need
to be oriented vertically within the patch cavity in order to be effectively excited by
the dominant mode magnetic field, which is horizontal. Thus, the fabrication pro-
cess can be quite complex and costly. Additionally, placing the inclusions increases
the overall height of the antenna (to 5 mm for the antenna) which is not desirable
in applications requiring thin substrates. A new approach to achieve a thin, easy to
fabricate, and low cost miniaturized patch antennas is introduced. By combining an
in situ optimization scheme with the concept of duality of SRRs, the geometry of
a circular conducting disk placed between the ground plane and radiating patch is
optimized to achieve sub-wavelength resonance.
It is shown that magnetic resonant structures such as SRRs exhibit µ negative
properties only when placed in an environment where the magnetic field is aligned
along the SRR axis. By using the concept of duality, it is shown that epsilon negative
properties may be created when a CSRR is excited by an axial electric field. There-
fore, given that the electric field of the dominant mode of circular patch antennas is
polarized vertically, it should be possible to excite a properly designed complemen-
tary split ring resonator placed within the patch cavity parallel to the patch and the
ground plane.
To create the desired patch antenna, a horizontal circular conducting disk is
placed half way between the radiating patch and the ground plane, and complemen-
tary split rings of various radii are created by removing metal from the disk. To
achieve resonance at a frequency lower than that of the unloaded patch antenna, the

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radius of the disk and the geometry of the complementary split rings (number of
rings, spacing between rings, gap width, etc.) are varied through optimization. The
optimization procedure is based on the integration of a full-wave solver HFSS.

3.3 Radome structure analysis


Metamaterial attracted great interest in the last years mainly from 2000 onwards [11,
17, 41, 44, 45]. They are the class of materials which exhibit unique properties
not existing for natural materials. Metamaterial are also called left-handed materials
(LHM) as the vectors E, H and k form a left-handed set of systems. Since the idea first
proposed by Victor Veselago [41], the availability and applications of such materials
are explored recently and their concepts are extended [46]. Researchers D. R. Smith
and D. Schurig have shown that a modulated Gaussian beam undergoes negative
refraction at the interface between a positive and negative refractive index material.
It is shown that both the group and phase velocities undergo negative refraction at the
interface between a positive and a negative index material [47].
Metamaterials can efficiently improve antenna directivity. With correct selection
of the working frequency and the metamaterial cover dimensions, patch antenna’s
directivity can be increased. The metamaterial has congregating effect on the EM
wave’s transmission direction, which is similar to the congregation effect of con-
vex lens to the radiation of light-wave. Under ideal conditions, larger cover size
of the metamaterial is better; and more number of layers is better. But under ac-
tual conditions, one must use the least space resource to obtain the best functions
of the antenna [1]. Gain and directivity enhancement methods through the use of
dielectric superstrates or covers have been described in various manners for decades.
Trentini [2] and, later Sasser [3], note that the multiple reflections off of a semi-
transparent reflector can produce images of the original antenna so that the gain in-
creases similar to that of arraying the antenna. This configuration can increase gain
for certain wavelengths or frequencies at a particular angle. A thorough treatment
of this configuration with dielectric/magnetic materials is provided in [4], where it
is described as a “substrate-superstrat” effect. Further work describes the gain en-
hancement through “leaky waves [5, 6]. The gain enhancement comes at the cost of
a monotonically-decreasing gain bandwidth. The bandwidths decrease with increas-
ing gain [7] Nakano et al. [8] show that a further increase in spacing height also
leads to higher side-lobes and less gain. If one wants to improve the directivity and
gain of the antenna, the most direct method is to reduce the radiation power in the
far-field region of large θ; in other words, forbid the sidewards radiation [9]. The

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gain enhancement method of microstrip antennas, relying on structural resonance by
dielectric cover, has been investigated [4, 10, 11].
Single copper grid layer over the microstrip patch antenna for achieving high
directivity is described. Copper grid is chosen as the patch cover because sym-
metric structures are convenient when performing the retrieval of the material pa-
rameters from the scattering S-parameters [68]. Using the driven solution in HFSS
Ansoft, a finite-element based software package that solves Maxwell’s equations,
the S-parameter (Return Loss), Voltage Standing Wave Ratio(VSWR) and directivity
were simulated for variations of different material parameters retrieved by standard
methods [11]. The metamaterial presented here is similar to that described in [67]. It
has many advantages such as compact size, convenient preparation and low cost.
A novel approach of analytically and numerically calculating the relationship of
directivity with the spacing height of metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch
antenna is presented. It is adopted for obtaining directivity as the function of spacing
height of the copper grid layer and to formulate a global relationship of these two
parameters. Out of various numerical techniques which are available and can be used
for different engineering problems, Newton’s divided difference method is selected
and applied because this method can easily extract the interpolating polynomial for
any interval and any degree desired. Moreover, new set of points can be added to
the table to create a new interpolation polynomial function without recalculating the
old coefficients. It is also supported by the simulated results obtained by using FEM
based HFSS solver. The agreement between the simulated and measured data over
the negative index region is excellent, both quantitatively and qualitatively.

3.4 Radome versus Metamaterial included Patch


The metamaterial cover with correct selection of the working frequency increases the
patch antenna’s directivity. The results showed that the metamaterial cover, which
works like a lens, could effectively improve the patch antenna’s directivity. The
physical reasons for the improvement are also given [1].
As EM wave metamaterial has effect similar to that of congregation, one can see
clearly through the arrow direction’s changing process of poynting vector where the
arrow indicates the direction of poynting vector, not the magnitude of the vector. Fig-
ures 3.1(a) and 3.1(b) show the direction of poynting vector in E-plane (x-z plane)
of each patch antenna respectively and Figures 3.2(a) and 3.2(b) respectively show
the direction of poynting vector in H-plane (y-z plane) of each patch antenna. Ob-
viously, the vector’s direction points close to z-axis when EM wave threads through

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(a) (b)

Figure 3.1: (a) The conventional patch antenna, (b) The metamaterial patch antenna cover;
Distribution of Poynting vector in the H-plane (y-z plane) [1]

(a) (b)

Figure 3.2: (a) Ordinary patch antenna, (b) Metamaterial cover patch antenna; Distribution
of Poynting vector in the E-plane (x-z plane) [1]

the metamaterial. This shows that the metamaterial has congregating effect on the
EM wave’s transmission direction, and is similar to the congregation effect which
convex lens to the radiation of light-wave. Figure 3.1 and Figure 3.2 shows that there
are still some EM waves leaking into the edge of the metamaterial cover. In order to
reduce the leak as effectively as possible, larger metamaterial cover should be used.
At the same time, to make the congregation effect of metamaterial to the EM wave
direction more evident, more layers of metamaterial are needed in the cover. Under
ideal conditions, the larger the cover size of the metamaterial, the better; the more the
layers, the better. But under actual conditions, we must use the least space resource
to obtain the best functions of the antenna, the resource performance of which must
be as high as possible. So the size and layer number of the metamaterial cover need
be adjusted accordingly [1].
Figure 3.3 (a) and Figure 3.3 (b) are H-plane intensity distribution of ordinary
patch antenna in electric field and magnetic field respectively; while Figure 3.4 (a)
and Figure 3.4 (b) are H-plane intensity distribution of metamaterial cover patch
antenna in electric field and magnetic field respectively. Comparison of those two
groups of figures clearly shows that the main lobe of the ordinary patch antenna has

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(a) (b)

Figure 3.3: (a) Electric field, (b) Magnetic field and H-plane intensity distribution of ordinary
patch antenna [1]

(a) (b)

Figure 3.4: (a) Electric field, (b) Magnetic field and H-plane intensity distribution of meta-
material cover patch antenna [1]

a large distribution angle; this means its directivity is bad. And the main lobe of the
patch antenna with metamaterial cover points toward the z-axis direction; it means
its directivity is better [48].
Metamaterial has remarkable effect on the congregation of the radiation energy.
The far field directivity three dimensional patterns of ordinary patch antenna, 1 layer,
2 layers and 3 layers of patch antenna with metamaterial cover respectively. By
comparison, we can see that with addition of layer, the main lobe becomes sharper,
indicating that the congregation effect is intensified gradually to radiation direction.
But, when added layers were increased from two to three, the EM wave reaching
the cover’s edge is very strong. So the side lobe is as strong in directivity as the main
lobe. This indicates that the radiation wave at the boundary has become the main
holdback affecting the antenna’s directivity of increasing intensiveness. The three
layers cover limits the various directivity lobes to the cover’s boundary as the EM
wave diffuses toward the cover. Moreover when the layer number is 1, the charac-
teristics of the cover are weak, so the coupling of EM energy and cover is not strong
enough and more energy reflects to the boundary via the space between cover and

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substrate, which brings about very strong scattering [38].
From comparison between the radiation direction under those three different dis-
tances, under condition of optimum layer number of the metamaterial cover, appro-
priate working frequency of certain structure and proper size of patch antenna cover,
the distance between the metamaterial layers of the antenna patch cover has great
effect on the main and back lobe radiation patterns of the patch antenna. So, for
metamaterial cover with certain structure and size, there exists the problem of choos-
ing the layer number and distance between the layers.
From a survey of the near field’s EM wave of two patch antennas, the processing
mechanism of the EM field distribution of the patch antenna with metamaterial cover
is analysed. The radiation main lobe of the metamaterial-cover patch antenna is very
sharp. When the directivity increases strongly, the side lobe will decrease sharply, the
back lobe of the antenna radiation (mainly the range less than −900 and higher than
+900 of the radiation direction) will expand a little. There are two ways to improve
the pattern, the first one is to enlarge the size of the cover but this will decrease
the resource performance of the antenna; the other way is to adopt PBG or PMC
substrate. This is a feasible scheme and worthy of deep research.
Patch cover modeling, designs and comparisons are made with the metamate-
rial included patch. Various advantages are evaluated over the existing technology.
Single and dual layer stacked patch antenna (Radome) designs for achieving the re-
quired performance parameters are described. These techniques include different
patch shapes, radome structures, etc. The next chapter presents numerical analy-
sis of microstrip patch antenna and metamaterial based radome structure. Various
performance parameters are enhanced by using these special techniques. Radome
structures are used to characterize and improve the directivity for required frequency
of operation as they possess inherent advantages like reduced size, this concept is
explained further in next chapter.

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Chapter 4

Numerical Analysis of Radome


Structure

4.1 Calculation for microstrip patch dimension


The substrate and the patch dimensions can be calculated from the below mentioned
formula:

As = ap + 6Hs (4.1)
Bs = bp + 6Hs (4.2)

Where, substrate length calculated by As = 52.5mm, substrate width Bs = 36.5mm


and substrate height Hs = 1.56mm. Now solving Equation 4.1 and 4.2, patch length
ap = 43.14mm and patch width bp = 27.14mm.

4.1.1 Calculation of basic parameters for patch antenna


First of all decide the operating frequency band for the designed antenna. Then mi-
crostrip patch antenna is designed.

4.1.1.1 Resonant frequency The resonance frequency of MSA excited at any


T Mmn mode is obtained using the following expression [69]:
 1/2
c  m 2  n 2
f0 = √ + (4.3)
2  L W
where m and n are the modes along the L, length and W, width of patch, respectively.

4.1.1.2 Actual and effective length of patch antenna Actual length is repre-
sented by L and effective length is represented by Lef f in Equations 4.4 and 4.5:

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1
L= √ √ − 2∆L (4.4)
2fr µ0 0 ref f
Lef f = L + 2∆L (4.5)

4.1.1.3 Critical or centre frequency The critical or centre frequency of opera-


tion of an antenna is approximately given by,
c
fc ∼
= √ (4.6)
2L r
1
c= √ (4.7)
0 µ0
1
fc = p (4.8)
2L (0 r )µ0
Where, c is the velocity of light. The ground plane and the patch are separated by
a dielectric sheet called substrate. There are numerous substrate that can be used to
design MSA and their dielectric constants are usually in the range of 2.2 ≤ r ≤ 12.
The microstrip patch is designed so that its directivity pattern is normal to the patch
and it behaves as broadside radiators. This is accomplished by properly choosing the
mode of excitation beneath the patch. End fire radiation can also be accomplished
by judicious mode selection. For a rectangular patch, the length L of the element
is usually λ0 /3 < L < λ0 /2. The patch element resonates when its length is near
λ/2 leading to relatively large current and field amplitudes. Patch dimension defines
resonant frequency. Square, rectangular, thin strip (dipole) and circular are the most
common because of ease of analysis and fabrication and their attractive radiation
characteristics, especially low cross-polarization radiation.
When patch antenna is designed with metamaterial cover, the following two as-
pects should be considered synthetically: cover size and layer number. After se-
lecting the working frequency(2.5 GHz) and the structure and size of the cover, and
fixing the layer number at one or two, we analyze the effect of layers’ gap on the
patch antenna.

4.2 Mathematical analysis of metamaterial based struc-


ture
4.2.1 Permittivity And Permeability
Electric permittivity() & Magnetic Permeability(µ) determine the propagation of
electromagnetic waves in matter [41]. From the point of view of Maxwell’s Equa-

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tions, the material is some collection of objects (whether atoms, molecules, compos-
ites or anything else) that can be described by a permittivity  and a permeability
µ.
If ω < ω0 , follow Equation 4.9 and if ω < ωM , Equation 4.10 holds good.
X ω2
0
=1− (4.9)
ω2
X ω2
M
µ=1− (4.10)
ω2
At lower frequencies, values of permittivity and permeability is less than zero.

ω02 = 4ΠN e2 /m (4.11)


2
ωM = 4ΠN1 g12 /m1 (4.12)

Where,
ω0 : Emission frequency of the source,
N : Concentration of the carriers,
N1 : Concentration of charges,
e : Charge of an electron,
g1 : Magnitude of charges,
m : Mass of matter,
m1 : Mass of charge

4.2.2 Negative-Refractive-Index(NRI) Metamaterials


Dispersion equation for isotropic substances [41].

ω2 2
k2 = n (4.13)
c2
n2 = µ (4.14)

where,
K: Wave vector,
n: Index of refraction of the substances,
ω: Frequency of monochromatic wave,
c: Velocity of light
Snell’s law (considering the rightnesses of the two medium):
r
n1 sinθ2 P2 2 µ2
n1,2 = = = (4.15)
n2 sinθ1 P1 1 µ1

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Where,
P1 and P2 are the rightnesses of the first and second medium. Hence,index of refrac-
tion can be negative if the rightnesses of the two medium are different. Hence, it can
be analysed that the simultaneous change of the signs of permittivity & permeability
has no effect on these relations. But, it contradicts some fundamental laws of nature.

4.2.3 Calculations for Left-Handed Metamaterials (LHM)


Maxwell’s equations: To ascertain the electromagnetic laws essentially connected
with the sign of permittivity and permeability, we must turn to those relations in
which they appear separately and not in product form [41].

B = µH (4.16)
D = E (4.17)
ω
k × E = µH (4.18)
c
ω
k × H = H (4.19)
c
Where,
B : Magnetic flux density,
D : Electric flux density,
H : Magnetic field intensity,
E : Electric field intensity.
It can be seen from these equations that if both permittivity and permeability
are positive, then E, H and k form a right-handed triplet of vectors and if both are
negative they form left handed set.

4.2.4 Parameter extraction


Extracted negative parameters are shown in the Figures 4.1- 4.2 drawn below:
Hence, it is proved that the unit cell behaves as MTM under desired band of
frequency region. Then array of unit cells are placed over a patch to improve its
directivity as shown and the spacing height is optimized using the above mentioned
optimization techniques.

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(a) (b)

Figure 4.1: (a) Impedance of unit cell, (b) Refractive index of unit cell

(a) (b)

Figure 4.2: (a) Permittivity of unit cell, (b) Permeability of unit cell

4.3 Mathematical analysis of radome structure


4.3.1 Structural characteristics
Metamaterial is the class of material which derives its properties from its structure
rather than from its composition. Periodic metallic structures have the ability to
simulate various homogeneous materials whose specific properties eventually do not
exist for naturally occurring materials. It has been shown that a structure composed
of a periodic mesh of metallic thin wires, when its characteristic dimensions (pe-
riod, section of the wires) are small in comparison to the wavelength, behaves as a
homogeneous material with a low plasma frequency [42, 70].
Square copper grid unit size denoted by a, where a = 0.5 mm and wavelength
λ = c/f = 120mm at 2.5 GHz, which satisfies the criterion of the above stated
theory, here ‘a’ is much less than λ. Hence, the proposed design can be termed as
metamaterial below plasma frequency.

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Figure 4.3: Isometric View of the grid antenna

4.3.2 Plasma frequency


Researchers by using both approximate analytical theory and rigorous homogeniza-
tion theory proved that the equivalent permittivity and permeability has a behavior
governed by a plasma frequency in the microwave domain [16]:
2
wep
ef f (w) = 1 − (4.20)
w
2
wmp
µef f (w) = 1 − (4.21)
w
where, ωep and ωmp are the plasma frequencies in Equation 4.20 and 4.21 for equiv-
alent permittivity ef f and equivalent permeability µef f respectively and ω is the
frequency of the electromagnetic wave. For example, if ω0 = 2πf0 = 15.7 GHz,
then, ωep = 2.34 ω0 = 36.75 GHz and ωmp = 1.98ω0 = 31.1 GHz. Table 4.1
and 4.2 represents the plasma frequency for three operation bands of slotted antenna
and metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna respectively, by using the
above mentioned equations.
The first consequence of the existence of this microwave plasma frequency is
that the equivalent permittivity is negative when the frequency is below ωep and
ωmp . Hence, metamaterial cover over patch antenna will show effective negative
parameters below 31.1 GHz of frequency for this particular example shown. It has
been discussed in [70], for example, surface modes has been shown to exist when
√ √
ωes = ωep / 2 and ωms = ωmp / 2 [70]. Therefore, for the proposed example,

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surface modes exist when ωes and ωms are equal to 25.9 GHz and 21.9 GHz respec-
tively. It means that the dispersion relation of the propagating modes in this structure
is shaped like in plasmas of electron gas.
This opened the field of composite materials or metamaterials for microwave and
optical applications. Several structures have been proposed to simulate materials with
a dielectric or a magnetic plasma frequency or even both together (always using non-
magnetic conducting structures) [71]. The ideas developed here have been applied in
the microwave domain of the frequency band 1-4 GHz to realize a directive emitter
using metallic grids.

Table 4.1: Plasma frequency for three operation bands of slotted antenna

Band Resonant Fre- ω (Grad/sec) ωep (Grad/sec) ωmp (Grad/sec)


quency (GHz)
First (L Band) 1.5750 9.89 23.15 19.59
Second (S Band) 2.3200 14.57 34.09 28.84
Third (S Band) 2.7350 17.18 40.21 34.02

Table 4.2: Plasma frequency for three operation bands of metamaterial cover over the mi-
crostrip patch antenna

Band Resonant Fre- ω (Grad/sec) ωep (Grad/sec) ωmp (Grad/sec)


quency (GHz)
First (L Band) 1.6550 10.39 24.3327 20.58
Second (S Band) 2.3150 14.54 34.03 28.80
Third (S Band) 2.6550 16.68 39.03 33.02

4.3.3 Negative refraction


Physical meaning of medium’s refractive index is a measure of how much of the
velocity of light (or wave) will be reduced when light (or wave) enters this medium
from free space. Every medium existed in nature has positive refractive index. The
refractive angle θ2 is shown in Figure 4.4 and on the opposite side of the normal an
incident angle θ1 is indicated.
The incident angle θ1 and refractive angle θ2 have following relationship as per
Snell’s Law:
n1 sin(θ1 ) = n2 sin(θ2 ) (4.22)

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(a) (b)

Figure 4.4: (a) Positive refractive index [72], (b)Negative refractive index [72]

where, n1 is equal to 1 if medium 1 is free space. It is clearly shown that refractive


index of medium 2 is positive. The refractive index is determined by relative per-
mittivity and permeability of medium 2. Using Maxwell’s equations to calculate the

refractive index gives, n = ± µ
Pendry proposed a SRRs design [42], which can provide negative permeability
(µ) around its resonance frequency (wm ). With a continuous wire array [16] which
gives negative permittivity () up to the plasma frequency (wp ), due to the plasmas
response, the composite structure, SRRs plus wires give a negative refractive index
(n).

4.3.4 Negative permittivity medium


In left-handed materials, negative permittivity and negative permeability can be real-
ized separately. Negative permittivity materials exist in nature. All the metals, have
negative permittivity up to the plasma frequency. However, the usage of solid metal
in LHM is limited by the fact that the absolute value of the negative is too large at the
target frequency, i.e., from microwave to optical frequency. So, one must determine
a method to scale the value of  to a reasonable value on the order of -1. Usually the
permittivity of a metal can be described by the Drude’s model [73],

wp2
(w) = 1 − (4.23)
w(w + iwc )

where wc is the damping frequency, and wp is the plasma frequency given by

ne2
wp2 = (4.24)
0 mef f

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where n is the electron density, e is the charge of an electron and mef f is the effective
mass of free electrons. Plasma frequency is extremely high in metals, e.g., silver has
wp = 2π × 2184 THz and wc = 2π × 4.35 THz. As a result, the absolute value of
permittivity is extremely large, Re() < −108 , and, therefore, not suitable for LHM.
Pendry proposed a wire array design, which can significantly decrease the plasma
frequency and realize negative permittivity  ≈ −1 at microwave frequencies. More-
over, the value of  and the frequency are completely controllable via the geometrical
parameters [16]. As shown in Figure 4.5, the wire array structure consists of peri-
odically arranged “infinite” long wires with separation a and radius r. The effective
permittivity of wire arrays is similar to the permittivity in bulk metal, except the
plasma frequency is much lower.

Figure 4.5: The metallic wire arrays with radius of wire r and separation between rods is a
[74]

The plasma frequency, wp , of the wire array is given by

2πc20
wp2 = (4.25)
a2 ln(a/r)

One can see that the plasma frequency, wp , only depends on the radius of wire, r, and
the lattice constant, a. By changing these geometric parameters, one can control the
plasma frequency and therefore control the value of the permittivity.

4.3.5 Negative permeability medium


Although negative permittivity can be realized by plasma medium such as metallic
structures, one cannot achieve the negative permeability medium, due to the fact that
no material exists in nature with negative permeability. Subsequently, Pendry pro-
posed a SRR design [42], which can provide a narrow frequency band with negative

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Figure 4.6: (a) Circular structure (b) Square structure

permeability under certain polarization of incident EM wave. As shown in Figure


4.6, the SRR arrays consist of periodically arranged arrays of double split ring struc-
tures, made from good conductors such as copper, with the lattice constant, a. There
are different shape of split-ring resonators. Figure 4.6 shows the single unit cell of
the SRR with circular and square shape. If we apply an incident EM wave with a
magnetic field, H, perpendicular to the plane of SRR, circular currents will be in-
duced on both the inner and outer rings, and also charges will accumulate across the
gaps in both the inner and outer rings, respectively. Thus, each individual SRR acts
as a series LRC circuits with the inductance L, of the rings and the capacitance C, be-
tween the two rings [75]. With combines LC effect, Pendry showed that the effective
permeability [16], µef f can be approximated as,
πr2 /a2
µef f = 1 − 3dc20
(4.26)
2σi
1+ wrµ0
− π w2 r3 r
2

where µ0 is the permeability in vacuum , c0 is the speed of light, r is the permittivity


of substrate , r is the radius of split ring, a is the spacing distance between rings and
d is distance between inner and outer rings. We can use the same formula for square
shaped split ring resonator as shown in Figure 4.6 (b), here effective radius is taken
such that the area of a circle with such a radius matches the area of the square.

4.3.6 Effective medium theory


The wire and SRR arrays possess negative permittivity and negative permeability,
respectively. we can use these designs to obtain a negative permittivity and negative

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permeability medium. The original objective in defining permittivity and permeabil-
ity, is to present a homogeneous view of the electromagnetic properties of a medium.
The macroscopic electric and magnetic properties of a material, e.g. polarization and
magnetization, are average behaviors of electrons and atoms in the external electric
and magnetic fields of EM waves [76]. In this sense, the normal materials are also
composites, where the individual ingredients are atoms and molecules. The sizes of
these ingredients are much smaller than the wavelength of EM waves. So, one can
consider periodic structures, defined by a unit cell with dimension, a, as a homoge-
nous medium [77]. The total EM properties of structures inside a unit cell will be
considered as an effective response of the unit cell as a whole. Clearly, there must be
some restrictions on the dimension of the unit cell, defined as follows:

a << λ (4.27)

If this condition is obeyed, the external EM wave will not see the fine details of each
individual structure inside the unit cell, and the periodic structure can be considered
as a homogeneous medium. So, the effective permittivity and permeability are valid
concepts. On the contrary, if this condition is not fulfilled, the internal structure of
the unit cell could diffract and refract EM waves, which leads to material properties
not seen in homogeneous media.

4.3.7 Retrieval method


The retrieval method used in this thesis is based on the approach used by Xudong
Chen et al. in [78], where the S-parameters are defined in terms of the reflection and
transmission coefficients as S11 = R and S21 = T eik0 d . where k0 is the wave number
in free space and d is the thickness of the material being examined. The impedance
Z and the refractive index n are,
s
2
(1 + S11 )2 − S21
z= 2
(4.28)
(1 − S11 )2 − S21

1
n= {[Im[ln(eik0 d )] + 2mπ] − j[Re[ln(eik0 d )]]} (4.29)
k0 d
The permittivity (ε) and permeability (µ) are then directly calculated from µ =
nz and ε = n/z respectively. These two parameters will help in determining the
intrinsic material characteristics and its properties.

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4.3.8 Calculation for directivity and spacing height relationship
of radome structure
Newton’s divided difference method applied on the metamaterial cover over mi-
crostrip patch antenna is presented in this section. Newton’s polynomial is the inter-
polation polynomial function for a known set of discrete data points in the mathemat-
ical field of numerical analysis. The coefficients of the polynomial function are calcu-
lated using divided difference method. For a given set of equidistant data points, there
is only one polynomial that exists with least possible degree which passes through all
of them and covers the entire range of the function. Given a set of n + 1 data points
(x0 , y0 )...(xn , yn ), where no two xi are same, then the interpolation polynomial in
the Newton’s form is a linear combination given in Equation 4.30. Furthermore the
calculation of the divided differences becomes considerably simpler if the values of
xi are distributed equidistantly [79].

f (x) = f [x0 ] + (x − x0 )f [x0 , x1 ] + (x − x0 )(x − x1 )f [x0 , x1 , x2 ] (4.30)

Table 4.3: Newton’s divided difference data points

Spacing Height (mm) x1 = 2 x2 = 6 x3 = 10


Directivity f1 f2 f3

Table 4.4: Newton’s divided difference table

xi (mm) fi f[xi ,xj ] f[xi ,xj ,xk ]


2 0.1585
0.034
6 0.2944 -0.004
0.975E-3
10 0.2983

Table 4.3 shows different data points in terms of spacing height and directivity.
Here xi is spacing height of copper grid layer from the patch antenna in mm and
fi is the directivity of the patch antenna with metamaterial cover. Hence, using this
numerical technique, the relationship of directivity and spacing height is formulated.
Table 4.4 is obtained by computing Newton’s divided differences using divided dif-
ference table for three equidistant points, which is obtained by using HFSS solver
and simulating the structure for different spacing heights. Spacing height is varied

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from 2mm to 10mm in steps of 4mm, and its effect is observed on the directivity
pattern of the antenna.
Let us compute directivity for three spacing height differences, using Newton’s
divided difference method, the expression obtained for f (x) = 0.1585+0.033975(x−
2) − 0.0041(x − 2)(x − 6). Simplifying the above equation, we obtain f (x) =
−0.00412x2 + 0.06677x + 0.04135. Since the given data is for the polynomial f(x),
the analytical value is f (10) = 0.2955. The analytical value exactly matches with
the computed value because there are three data points available using which one
can approximate any data exactly up to second degree polynomial. Moreover, the
advantage of formulating analytical formula is that for a number of discrete points of
spacing height the value of directivity can easily be calculated.
The graph of directivity versus spacing height is shown in Figure 4.7 , which
depicts the ideal behavior of the proposed structure. A calculation of the directivity
shows that this is indeed the case shown in Figure 4.7, depends upon the spac-
ing height, consistent with Meagher and Sharma [80]. With this intent, a function
has been implemented in Mathematica [81] for estimating the value of directivity at
different spacing heights. With the increasing spacing height directivity gradually
increases and attains maximum value of 0.3112 at 8.4 mm height and then gradually
decreases to 0 at 17 mm height of the copper grid layer from the patch antenna. It
can easily be analyzed that the directivity shows parabolic relationship with respect
to spacing height, which is showing linearly increasing relation at the starting and
then gradual decaying relation at the end of the curve. Therefore, an optimized value
of the spacing height at 8.4 mm has to be adjusted for achieving the best directiv-
ity. Analytically solving the equation of directivity is advantageous as it saves the
simulation time of the software and produces exact value of the same as the function
of spacing height. Moreover, the advantage of formulating analytical formula is that
for a number of discrete points of spacing height, value of directivity can easily be
calculated. The graph of directivity versus spacing height, which depicts the ideal
behavior of the proposed structure.

4.3.9 Significance of the proposed model using Newton’s divided


difference method
A novel approach of analytically and numerically calculating the relationship of di-
rectivity with the spatial height of metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch an-
tenna is presented. It is adopted for obtaining directivity as the function of spatial
height of the copper grid layer and to formulate a global relationship of these two

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Figure 4.7: Directivity versus spacing height

parameters. Out of various numerical techniques which are available and can be used
for different engineering problems, Newton’s divided difference method is selected
and applied because this method can easily extract the interpolating polynomial for
any interval and any degree desired. Moreover, new set of points can be added to
the table to create a new interpolation polynomial function without recalculating the
old coefficients. It is also supported by the simulated results obtained by using FEM
based HFSS solver. The agreement between the simulated and measured data over
the negative index region is excellent, both quantitatively and qualitatively. The meta-
material presented here is similar to that described in 2002 by Enoch et al. [67]. It
has many advantages such as compact size, convenient fabrication and low cost.
The theoretical and mathematical analysis of radome structure and the considera-
tion of picking up a particular spacing height of the radome structure is demonstrated
in this section. Now in the subsequent sections, decision making method is applied
in antenna designing for selecting the best substrate material for microstrip patch
antenna by optimizing various performance parameters.

4.4 Decision Making Methods


Multiple Criterion Decision Making (MCDM) refers to making decisions from mul-
tiple conflicting criterian. MCDM is broadly classified into two categories: Mul-
tiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) and Multiple Objective Decision Mak-
ing (MODM).The choice of selecting the best method out of these two depends on
whether the problem is a selection problem or a design problem.
MADM methods are discrete, with a limited number of predetermined alterna-
tives. Therefore, MADM is an approach employed to solve problems involving

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selection from among a finite number of alternatives and it specifies how attribute
information is to be processed in order to arrive at the best choice. MADM methods
require both inter-attribute and intra-attribute comparisons, and involve appropriate
explicit tradeoffs [82]. The author used MADM techniques to retrieve the best result
parameters of the designed radome structure.
MODM methods,on the other hand, have decision variable values with a large
number of choices and select the best that should satisfy the decision maker’s con-
straints and preference priorities. Each decision table matrix in MADM methods has
four main parts, namely: (a) alternatives, (b) attributes, (c) weights and (d) measures
of performance of alternatives with respect to the attributes. The decision table is
shown in Table 4.5.
The decision table shows alternatives, Ai (for i = 1, 2, .. , N), attributes, Bj (for
j = 1, 2, .. , M), weights of attributes, wj (for j=1, 2, .., M) and the measures of
performance of alternatives, mij (for i= 1, 2, .., N; j=1, 2, .., M) [82].

Table 4.5: Decision table in MADM methods rao2012decision

Attributes → B1 B2 B3 -- -- BM
Alternatives ↓ (w1 ) (w2 ) (w3 ) (-) (-) (wM )
A1 m11 m12 m13 -- -- m1M
A2 m21 m22 m23 -- -- m2M
A3 m31 m32 m33 -- -- m3M
------- -- -- -- -- -- --
------- -- -- -- -- -- --
AN mN 1 mN 2 mN 3 -- -- mN M

Given the decision-making method, the task of the designer is to find the best
alternative and to rank the entire set of alternatives. All the elements in the deci-
sion table must be normalized to the same units, so that all possible attributes in the
decision problem can be considered [82]. For the present set of antenna designing
problem, alternatives are the different substrate materials and attributes are the per-
formance parameters of an antenna.

4.4.1 Multiple Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) Method


In next section widely used MADM method, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Method, Weighted Product Method (WPM) and Technique for Order Preference by
Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) Method are explained in detail. They are used
in the present work for the selection of the best substrate material for the microstrip
patch antenna applications.

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4.4.2 Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method
One of the most popular analytical techniques for complex decision-making prob-
lems is the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). In 1980, Saaty developed AHP [83],
which decomposes a decision-making problem into a system of hierarchies of objec-
tives, attributes and alternatives.
An AHP hierarchy can handle decision situations involving subjective judgments,
multiple decision makers, and the ability to provide measures of consistency of pref-
erence [84]. AHP can efficiently deal with tangible (i.e., objective) as well as non-
tangible (i.e., subjective) attributes, especially where the subjective judgments of dif-
ferent individuals are required [82].

Its ability:

(i) To incorporate data and judgements of experts into the model in a logical way,

(ii) To provide a scale for method of establishing priorities,

(iii) To deal with interdependence of elements in a system,

(iv) To allow revision of judgements in a short time,

(v) To monitor the consistency in the decision-maker’s judgements, and

(vi) To accommodate group judgements.

Eigenvector approach is used to compute the priorities/weights of the criteria/sub-


criteria/alternatives for the given pairwise comparison matrix. The main procedure
of AHP using the radical root method (also called the geometric mean method) is as
follows:

• Step-1: Determine the objective and the evaluation attributes. Develop a hier-
archical structure with a goal or objective at the top level, the attributes at the
second level and the alternatives at the third level.

• Step-2: Determine the relative importance of different attributes with respect to


the goal or objective. Construct a pair-wise comparison matrix using a scale of
relative importance. The judgements are entered using the fundamental scale

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of the analytic hierarchy process [85, 86]. An attribute compared with itself
is always assigned the value 1, so the main diagonal entries of the pair-wise
comparison matrix are all 1. Table 4.6 details out Saaty’s nine-point scale for
relative importance of attributes.

Table 4.6: Saaty’s nine-point scale for relative importance

Stage
Verbal Judgement Characteristics
of Scale
1 Equal Importance Two attributes contribute equally
Experience and judgement moderately
3 Moderate Importance
favour one attribute over another
Experience and judgement strongly
5 Strong Importance
favour one over another
An attribute is strongly favoured and
7 Very Strong Importance
its dominance demonstrated in practice
The evidence favouring one attribute
9 Absolute Importance over another is of the highest possible
order of affirmation
Intermediate values
2, 4, 6, 8 between the two When compromise is needed
adjacent judgements

The AHP method may use the same weights as those in the SAW method. In
that case, the ranking of the materials will be same as that suggested by the
SAW method.
However, if the decision maker decides to use the AHP method rather than
SAW and the weights used in it, then he or she has to make pair-wise compar-
isons of the attributes to determine the weights (wj ) of the attributes.
Assuming M attributes, the pair-wise comparison of attribute i with attribute j
yields a square matrix BM ×M .
Where, bij denotes the comparative importance of attribute i with respect to
attribute j.
In the matrix, bij = 1 when i = j and bji = 1/bij .

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Let the decision maker prepares BM ×M matrix:
 
1 b12 b13 ... ... b1M
 b21 1 b23 ... ... b2M 
 
 
 b31 b32 1 ... ... b3M 
BM ×M =  :
 (4.31)
 : : 1 : : 

 
 : : : : 1 : 
bm1 bm2 bm3 ... ... 1

• Step-3: Find the relative normalized weight (wj ) of each attribute by (i) calcu-
lating the geometric mean of the i-th row, and (ii) normalizing the geometric
means of rows in the comparison matrix. This can be represented as:
" m
#1/M
Y
GMj = bij (4.32)
j=1

GMj
wj = PM (4.33)
j=1 GMj

The geometric mean method of AHP is commonly used to determine the rel-
ative normalized weights of the attributes, because of its simplicity, easy de-
termination of the maximum Eigen value, and reduction in inconsistency of
judgements.

• Step-4: Calculate matrices A3 and A4 such that; A3 = A1 × A2 , and A4 =


A3 /A2 , where A1 is the original matrix, and A2 = [w1, w2, , wj]T .

• Step-5: Determine the maximum Eigenvalue λmax i.e. average of matrix A4 .

• Step-6: Calculate consistency index. The smaller the value of CI, smaller is
the deviation from consistency.

• Step-7: Obtain Random Index (RI) for the number of attributes used in decision
making, where matrix size is N from Table 4.7 given below:

Table 4.7: Average random number index for each size of the matrix saaty1980analytic

N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
RI 0.00 0.00 0.58 0.90 1.12 1.24 1.32 1.41 1.45

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• Step-8: Calculate consistency ratio, CR = CI/RI. CR of 0.1 or less is consid-
ered as acceptable, and it reflects an informed judgement attributable to the
knowledge of the analyst regarding the problem under study.

• Step-9: Compare the alternatives pair-wise w.r.t. how much better (i.e. more
dominant) they are in satisfying each of the attributes.

• Step-10: Obtain the overall or composite performance scores for the alterna-
tives by multiplying the relative normalized weight (wj ) of each attribute (Step-
2) with its corresponding normalized weight for each alternative (Step-9) and
summing over the attributes for each alternative.

The overall or composite score is calculated using the Equation 4.35. Now,the
AHP method is applied for the antenna design problem. The steps of implementation
are shown below in subsequent steps. The overall or composite performance score of
an alternative is given by Equation 4.34.

M
X
Pi = wj mij (4.34)
j=1

However, if all the elements of the decision table are normalized, then AHP can
be used for any type and any number of attributes. In that case, Equation 4.34 will
take the following form of Equation 4.35:

M
X
Pi = wj (mij )normal (4.35)
j=1

where (mij )normal represents the normalized value of mij , and Pi is the overall or
composite score of the alternative Ai . The alternative with the highest value of Pi is
considered as the best alternative. The attributes can be beneficial or non-beneficial.
When objective values of the attribute are available, normalized values are calculated
by (mij )K /(mij )L , where (mij )K is the measure of the attribute for the K-th alter-
native, and (mij )L is the measure of the attribute for the L-th alternative that has the
best measure of the attribute out of all alternatives considered. This ratio is valid for
beneficial attributes only.
A beneficial attribute,represented by ‘B’ in Table 4.8 (e.g. Peak Gain (PG),
Directivity (D), Radiation Efficiency (RE), Front to Back Ratio (FBR)) means its
higher values are desirable for the given decision-making problem. By contrast, non-
beneficial attribute,represented by ‘NB’ in Table 4.8 (e.g. Resonant Frequency (RF),

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Table 4.8: Objective data of the attributes for different materials

Materials RF RL VSWR PG D RE FBR


Bakelite 2.41 7.5913 2.4322 1.9922 2.2439 88.78 8.2
Diamond 2.43 3.1708 5.5394 1.0889 1.108 98.27 2.88
RT Duroid 5880 2.42 7.8571 2.389 3.3201 3.4473 96.31 14.77
F R4 epoxy 2.43 18.08 1.34 1.1296 2.3311 48.45 9.55
Rogers RT/ Duroid 6006 2.42 6.4392 2.9276 1.7019 1.927 88.32 6.28
Teflon 2.43 9.4656 2.0134 3.3219 3.5047 94.78 15.93
NB NB NB B B B B

Return Loss (RL), Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR)) is that for which the lower
values are desirable and the normalized values are calculated by (mij )L /(mij )K .
The dataset in Table 4.8 is normalized and is shown in Table 4.9.

Table 4.9: Normalized data

Materials RF RL VSWR PG D RE FBR


Bakelite 1 0.4176 0.5509 0.5997 0.6402 0.9034 0.5147
Diamond 0.9917 1 0.2419 0.3277 0.3161 1 0.1807
RT Duroid 0.9958 0.4035 0.5609 0.9994 0.9836 0.9800 0.9271
5880
F R4 epoxy 0.9917 0.1753 1 0.3400 0.6651 0.4930 0.5994
Rogers 0.9958 0.4924 0.4577 0.5123 0.5498 0.8987 0.3942 3
RT/ Duroid
6006
Teflon 0.9917 0.3349 0.6655 1 1 0.9644 1

• Step-1: The objective is to select the best substrate material from the given al-
ternatives(Bakelite, Diamond, RT Duroid 5880, F R4 epoxy, Rogers RT/Duroid
6006, Teflon) and the evaluation attributes are Resonant Frequency(RF), Re-
turn Loss(RL), Voltage Standing Wave Ratio(VSWR), Peak Gain(PG), Direc-
tivity(D), Radiation Efficiency(RE) and Front to Back Ratio(FBR).

• Step-2: A pair-wise comparison matrix of size 7 X 7 is shown. It is developed


using a scale of relative importance. The decision maker alloted this scale
based on the preference that is given to each attribute.

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 
1 1/3 1/3 1/7 1/7 1/5 1/5
 
3 1 1/3 1/5 1/5 1/3 1/3
 
3 3 1 1/5 1/5 1/3 1/3
 
A1 = 7 5 5 1 1 3 3  (4.36)
 
 
7 5 5 1 1 3 3 
 
5 3 3 1/3 1/3 1 1 
 
5 3 3 1/3 1/3 1 1

• Step-3: Geometric mean is calculated as described in Equations 4.32 and 4.33


and shown in Table 4.10

Table 4.10: Relative importance matrix of the attributes

Attributes RF RL VSWR PG D RE FBR GM Weights


RF 1 0.3333 0.3333 0.1429 0.1429 0.2000 0.2000 0.2646 0.0276
RL 3 1 0.3333 0.2000 0.2000 0.3333 0.3333 0.4613 0.0481
VSWR 3 3 1 0.2000 0.2000 0.3333 0.3333 0.6314 0.0658
PG 7 5 5 1 1 3 3 2.8626 0.2982
D 7 5 5 1 1 3 3 2.8626 0.2982
RE 5 3 3 0.3333 0.3333 1 1 1.2585 0.1311
FBR 5 3 3 0.3333 0.3333 1 1 1.2585 0.1311

• Step-4: A2 , A3 and A4 matrix are computed as follows: A2 represents weigh-


tage assigned and shown in Equation 4.37. The values of A3 matrix and A4
matrix are shown in Equations 4.38 and 4.39.
 
0.0276
 
0.0481
 
0.0658
 
A2 = 0.2982 (4.37)
 
 
0.2982
 
0.1311
 
0.1311

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A3 represents Index/Score A3 = A1 ∗ A2 and A4 = A3 /A2 :
 
0.2031
 
0.3593
 
0.4993
 
A3 = 2.1451 (4.38)
 
 
2.1451
 
0.9403
 
0.9403
 
7.3710
 
7.4778
 
7.5912
 
A4 = 7.1933 (4.39)
 
 
7.1933
 
7.1722
 
7.1722

• Step-5: Maximum Eigen value λmax is calculated below:

λmax = A4average = 7.3102 (4.40)

• Step-6: Consistency index is shown below:


λmax − M
CI = (4.41)
M −1
7.3102 − 7
= (4.42)
7−1
= 0.0517 (4.43)

• Step-7: Obtain RI value from Table 4.7 for M = 7 is 1.32.

• Step-8: Consistency ratio is obtained as 0.0909 which is less than 0.1 and hence
acceptable.

CR = CI/RI == 0.0517/1.32 = 0.0392 < 0.1 (4.44)

• Step 9: Alternatives are compared pair-wise.

• Step 10: Overall or composite score is calculated using equation Equation 4.35
and priority generation using AHP is shown below in Table 4.11.

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Table 4.11: Priority generation using AHP method

S.No. Materials Composite Score Rank


1 Bakelite 0.6396 3
2 Diamond 0.4381 6
3 RT Duroid 5880 0.9251 2
4 F R4 epoxy 0.5445 5
Rogers RT/ Duroid
5 0.5675 4
6006
6 Teflon 0.9412 1

4.5 Weighted Product Method (WPM)


This method is similar to SAW. The main difference is that, instead of addition in
the model, there is multiplication (Miller and Starr, 1969). The overall or composite
performance score of an alternative is given by Equation 4.45 [87].

M
Y  wj
Pi = (mij )normal (4.45)
j=1

The normalized values are calculated as explained under the AHP method in Ta-
ble 4.9. Each normalized value of an alternative with respect to an attribute, i.e.,
(mij )normal , is raised to the power of the relative weight of the corresponding attribute
as shown in Table 4.10. The alternative with the highest Pi value is considered the
best alternative [82].
Overall or composite score is calculated using Equation 4.45 and priority gener-
ation using WPM is shown below in Table 4.12.

Table 4.12: Priority generation using WPM method

S.No. Materials Composite Score Rank


1 Bakelite 0.6269 3
2 Diamond 0.3702 6
3 RT Duroid 5880 0.9054 2
4 F R4 epoxy 0.5031 5
Rogers RT/ Duroid
5 0.5491 4
6006
6 Teflon 0.9192 1

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4.6 Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to
Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) Method
This method is based on the concept that the chosen alternative should have the short-
est Euclidean distance from the ideal solution, and the farthest from the negative ideal
solution. The ideal solution is a hypothetical solution for which all attribute values
correspond to the maximum attribute values in the database comprising the satisfy-
ing solutions; the negative ideal solution is the hypothetical solution for which all
attribute values correspond to the minimum attribute values in the database. TOPSIS
thus gives a solution that is not only closest to the hypothetically best, that is also the
farthest from the hypothetically worst. The main procedure of the TOPSIS method
for the selection of the best alternative from among those available is described be-
low:

• Step 1: The first step is to determine the objective, and to identify the pertinent
evaluation attributes.

• Step 2: This step represents a matrix based on all the information available on
attributes. This matrix is nothing but the decision table shown in Table 4.8.
Each row of this matrix is allocated to one alternative, and each column to one
attribute. Therefore, an element mij of the decision table ‘D’ gives the value of
the j-th attribute in original real values, that is, non-normalized form and units,
for the i-th alternative.
In the case of a subjective attribute (i.e., objective value is not available), a
ranked value judgement on a scale is adopted. Once a subjective attribute is
represented on a scale, then the normalized values of the attribute assigned for
different alternatives are calculated in the same manner as that for objective
attributes.

• Step 3: Obtain the normalized decision matrix, Rij . This can be represented
as:
mij
Rij = h i1/2 (4.46)
PM 2
j=1 mij

• Step 4: Decide on the relative importance (i.e., weights) of different attributes


with respect to the objective. A set of weights wj (for j=1, 2, .. , M) such that
wj = 1 may be decided upon.

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• Step 5: Obtain the weighted normalized matrix Vij . This is done by the mul-
tiplication of each element of the column of the matrix Rij with its associated
weight wj . Hence, the elements of the weighted normalized matrix Vij are
expressed as:
Vij = wj Rij (4.47)
Step 6: Obtain the ideal (best) and negative ideal (worst) solutions in this step.
The ideal (best) and negative ideal (worst) solutions can be expressed as:
( max ! min
! )
0
X X
V+ = Vij /jJ , ( Vij /jJ /i = 1, 2, ..., N ; (4.48)
i i

V + = V1+ , V2+ , V3+ , ...VM+



(4.49)

( min
! max
! )
0
X X
V− = Vij /jJ , ( Vij /jJ /i = 1, 2, ..., N ; (4.50)
i i

V − = V1− , V2− , V3− , ...VM−



(4.51)
where J = (j = 1, 2, , M) /j is associated with beneficial attributes, and J’ = (j =
1, 2, , M) /j is associated with non-beneficial attributes.
Vj+ indicates the ideal (best) value of the considered attribute among the values
of the attribute for different alternatives. In the case of beneficial attributes (i.e.,
those of which higher values are desirable for the given application), Vj+ indi-
cates the higher value of the attribute. In the case of non-beneficial attributes
(i.e., those of which lower values are desired for the given application),Vj+ in-
dicates the lower value of the attribute.
Vj− indicates the negative ideal (worst) value of the considered attribute among
the values of the attribute for different alternatives. In the case of beneficial
attributes (i.e., those of which higher values are desirable for the given applica-
tion), Vj− indicates the lower value of the attribute. In the case of non-beneficial
attributes (i.e., those of which lower values are desired for the given applica-
tion), Vj− indicates the higher value of the attribute.

• Step 7: Obtain the separation measures. The separation of each alternative


from the ideal one is given by the Euclidean distance in the following equa-
tions. (M )0.5
2
X
Si+ = Vij − Vj+

(4.52)
J=1

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Where, i = 1, 2, ., N

(M )0.5
− 2
X
Si− =

Vij − Vj (4.53)
J=1

Where, i = 1, 2, ., N

• Step 8: The relative closeness of a particular alternative to the ideal solution,


Pi , can be expressed in this step as follows.

Pi = Si− /(Si+ + Si− ) (4.54)

• Step 9: A set of alternatives is generated in the descending order in this step,


according to the value of Pi indicating the most preferred and least preferred
feasible solutions. Pi may also be called the overall or composite performance
score of alternative Ai .
It may be added here that in step 4 of the TOPSIS method, even though the
weights of different attributes with respect to the objective, wj (for j=1, 2, .. ,
M), are decided by the decision maker rather arbitrarily, only few systematic
methods can be used.

Now, for the case of antenna designing, following steps are adopted:

• Step-1: The objective is to evaluate the six alternative materials (Bakelite, Di-
amond, RT Duroid 5880, F R4 epoxy, Rogers RT/Duroid 6006, Teflon) and
the seven evaluation attributes are Resonant Frequency(RF), Return Loss(RL),
Voltage Standing Wave Ratio(VSWR), Peak Gain(PG), Directivity(D), Radia-
tion Efficiency(RE) and Front to Back Ratio(FBR). For this particular material
selection problem, PG, D, RE and FBR are considered as beneficial attributes,
and remaining attributes RF, RL and VSWR as non-beneficial.

• Step 2: The next step is to represent all the information available for the at-
tributes in the form of a decision matrix. The data given in Table 4.8 are
represented as matrix D6x7 . However, the matrix is not shown here, as it is
simply the repetition of data given in Table 4.8 but represented in a matrix
form.

• Step 3: The quantitative values of the material selection attributes, which are
given in Table 4.8, are normalized and the normalized matrix R6x7 is shown
below:

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 
0.4060 0.3132 0.3229 0.3556 0.3567 0.4142 0.3149
0.4094 0.1308 0.7355 0.1944 0.1761 0.4585 0.1106
 
 
0.4077 0.3242 0.3172 0.5926 0.5480 0.4493 0.5672
R6x7 =
0.4094

 0.7460 0.1779 0.2016 0.3705 0.2260 0.3667

 
0.4077 0.2657 0.3887 0.3038 0.3063 0.4120 0.2412
0.4094 0.3906 0.2673 0.5930 0.5571 0.4422 0.6117
(4.55)

• Step 4: Relative importance of attributes (aij ) can be assigned the values as


explained above. However, to make a comparison of the proposed method
with that of AHP and WPM, the same weights considered before are assigned
in the present work. These are: WRF = 0.0276, WRL = 0.0481, WV SW R =
0.0658, WP G = 0.2982, WD =0.2982, WRE = 0.1311, and WF BR = 0.1311.

• Step 5: The weighted normalized matrix, V6x7 , is calculated.


 
0.0112 0.0151 0.0212 0.1060 0.1064 0.0543 0.0413
0.0113 0.0063 0.0484 0.0580 0.0525 0.0601 0.0145
 
 
0.0112 0.0156 0.0209 0.1767 0.1634 0.0589 0.0744
R6x7 = 0.0113 0.0358 0.0117 0.0601 0.1105 0.0296

 0.0481

 
0.0112 0.0128 0.0256 0.0906 0.0913 0.0540 0.0316
0.0113 0.0188 0.0176 0.1768 0.1661 0.0580 0.0802
(4.56)

• Step 6: The next step is to obtain the ideal (best) and negative ideal (worst)
solution. These are calculated as:
+ +
VRF = 0.0112, VRL = 0.0063, VV+SW R = 0.0117, VP+G = 0.1768, VD+ = 0.1661,
+
VRE = 0.0601, VF+BR = 0.0802

− −
VRF = 0.0113, VRL = 0.0358, VV−SW R = 0.0484, VP−G = 0.0580, VD− = 0.0525,

VRE = 0.0296, VF−BR = 0.0145

• Step 7: The next step is to obtain the separation measures, and these are calcu-
lated as:
s+ + + + + +
1 = 0.1015, s2 = 0.1808, s3 = 0.0146, s4 = 0.1398, s5 = 0.1251, s6 = 0.0140

s− − − − − −
1 = 0.0878, s2 =0.0425, s3 = 0.1789, s4 = 0.0764, s5 = 0.0672, s6 = 0.1827

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• Step 8: The relative closeness of a particular alternative to the ideal solution is
calculated and these are:

p1 = 0.4638, p2 = 0.1901, p3 = 0.9245, p4 = 0.3534, p5 = 0.3493, p6 = 0.9290

This relative closeness to ideal solution can be considered as the ‘material se-
lection index’

• Step 9: The alternative materials are arranged in descending order of their


material selection index. This can be arranged as: 6-3-1-4-5-2. From these
values of index, it is understood that the material designated as 6 is the first
right choice, material 3 the second choice, and material 2 the last choice for
the given application under the given conditions.

In the Table 4.13 below, hierarchy generation using all the three methods is
shown.

Table 4.13: Comparison of all the three methods of decision making

Ranks AHP Ranks WPM Ranks TOPSIS


3 0.6396 3 0.6269 3 0.4638
6 0.4381 6 0.3702 6 0.1901
2 0.9251 2 0.9054 2 0.9245
5 0.5445 5 0.5031 4 0.3534
4 0.5675 4 0.5491 5 0.3493
1 0.9412 1 0.9192 1 0.9290

The material Bakelite is designated as 1, Diamond is designated as 2, RT Duroid


5880 is designated as 3, F R4epoxy is designated as 4, Rogers RT/ duroid 6006 is des-
ignated as 5, Teflon is designated as 6.

Priorities of selection of the substrate materials are shown in Table 4.13. Teflon
is obtained as the best material for microstrip patch antenna substrate according to
the hierarchy generated by AHP method, WPM and TOPSIS method of decision
making. Hence, Teflon as the substrate of microstrip patch antenna is used. The
result parameters are obtained and directivity is compared with the measured results
of the fabricated metamaterial based radome antenna.

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Chapter 5

Design and Fabrication of Radome


Structure

5.1 Designing procedure


5.1.1 Variables description for MSA
ax - width of ground/substrate
ay - lenght of ground/substrate
hc - Thickness of copper
hs - Thickness of substrate
ox - Offset of patch in x- direction
oy - offset of patch in y- direction
cx - cutting width into a patch
cy - cutting width into a patch
osx - Gap between patch and feeding line
ssx - width of feeding line in x- direction
ssy - Length of feeding line

5.1.2 Grid designing variables


xshif t - width requires in the X- direction(slot width)
yshif t - width requires in the y- direction(slot width)
xcut - slot dimension(x-direction)
ycut - slot dimension(y-direction)
space - yshift+ycut (spacing between the center of two slots in y-direction)
space1 - xshift+xcut (spacing between the center of two slots in x-direction)

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height - Height of grid from the antenna

Figure 5.1: Slotted patch antenna (Isometric view)

Figure 5.2: Metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna (Isometric view)

Two types of designs are shown in Figure 5.1 and Figure 5.2. Figure 5.1 and
Figure 5.2 shows the complete dimension of slotted patch antenna and metamate-
rial cover over the microstrip patch antenna respectively in detail inspired by the

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calculated values obtained. Slotted patch antenna design is presented to improve the
bandwidth of the microstrip patch antenna. After having various iterative simulations
on HFSS and using optimization property of the solver, the slot dimensions are fixed
at 7mm × 0.1 mm in positive x direction and 8mm × 0.5mm in positive y dimension.
For the very first time, slots perpendicular to the edges of the patch are presented for
proper tuning of the frequency within 1-4 GHz range. Figure 5.2 depicts the isomet-
ric view of the geometry of the proposed structure, the spatial height in between the
patch and the copper grid layer in z-axis direction is denoted as x. The metamaterial
is composed of perfect conductor copper grids with a square lattice whose period ‘a
is equal 0.5mm × 0.5mm in x-y plane. Metamaterial cover is composed of 13 ×
9 arrays of unit cells. Following the method outlined by Zhu, Lin and Hu [88, 89]
and radiation improvement shown by Patel and Kosta [90], the authors designed the
microstrip patch antenna and the copper grid layer enclosed within a radiation box.
Substrate Teflon with dielectric constant of 2.1 and dimension 52.5mm × 36.5mm is
chosen. The thickness of the substrate is 1.56mm. The feed (x,y,z) of the antenna
is located at (17.16mm, 9.16mm,0) from the center left of the antenna as shown in
Figure 5.1.

5.1.3 Specifications
Software used for modeling and simulation is HFSS. Frequency of operation is 2.5
GHz (1-4 GHz), band swept for analysis is 0.5-4.5 GHz, the band is considered where
value of S11 < −5dB, values assigned to the materials is as per ansoft Library, feed is
coaxial, circular polarization is less than -7dB, dielectric substrate material is Teflon,
mode excited is T M10 , bandwidth is 10 MHz.

au = Length of substrate, ground plane, radiation box = 52.4 mm,


bu = Width of substrate, ground plane, radiation box = 36.2 mm,
hc = Height of copper elements like patch and ground plane,
hc = outer conductor of feed = 0.0175 mm,
hs = Height of substrate = 1.56 mm,
OrSRR1 = Outer radius of outer ring of SRR
OrSRR2 = Inner radius of outer ring of SRR
IrSRR1 = Outer radius of inner ring of SRR
IrSRR2 = Inner radius of inner ring of SRR
Wg = Gap width kept in rings
T hck1 = Thickness of outer ring

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T hck2 = Thickness of inner ring
T Wx = Thickness of TW(Rod) in X-direction.
T Wy = Length of TW(Rod)
T Wz = Thickness of TW (Rod) in Z-direction.
a = Length of patch = 42 mm,
b = Width of patch = 30 mm,
W = Width of SRR in substrate
Depth = Depth of SRR in substrate
Gap = Gap / Separation between two rings
Sep = Separation between SRR and TW (Rod)
Co-ax feed with Inner Diameter = 1.05 mm; Outer Diameter = 2.01 mm,
Freq Sweep = 0.5 to 4.5 GHz and 0.5 GHz to 6.5 GHz,
Radiation Box Height > Lambda / 4 of working frequency,

The parameters applied to SRR-TW are listed below along with the return loss
plot for the same dimensions. There are three important parameters which are to be
considered carefully for the designing a rectangular microstrip patch antennae for
communication device/mobile devices.

Frequency of operation ( f0 ): The resonant frequency of the antenna must be se-


lected appropriately as par application.The patch antenna can be designed for various
Microwave frequency bands.

Table 5.1: Microwave frequency bands

Band Frequency range (GHz)


L band 1-2
S band 2-4
C band 4-8
X band 8-12

Dielectric constant of the substrate ( r ): There are numerous substrates that can
be used for the design of patch antennas, and there dielectric constants are usually
in the range of 2.2 ≤ r ≤ 12 . substrate with high dielectric constant reduces the
dimensions of the patch antenna.A substrate with dielectric permittivity are tabulated
in below table.
Height of dielectric substrate (h): For the microstrip patch antenna to be used in
cellular device, it is essential that the antenna is not bulky. Hence the height of the

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Table 5.2: Types of Substrate Material

Substrate Material Dielectric Permittivity (r )


Teflon 2.1
RT/Duriod 5880 2.2
Benzocyclobutene 2.6
TLC - 32 3.2
Epoxy 3.6
F R4 4.4
RT/Duriod 6010 10.2

dielectric substrate is should be less than 1.5 mm.


The dimension of radiating patch is calculated by following equation where L, W
are length and width of radiating patch and Lg , Wg are length and width of ground
plate [19, 91].
Calculation of Effective dielectric constant (εef f )
εr + 1 εr − 1 h
εref f = + [1 + 12 ]−1/2 (5.1)
2 2 w
Calculation of Width (W)
c
W = q (5.2)
(εr +1)
2fo 2

Calculation of Effective length


c
Lef f = √ (5.3)
2f0 εref f
Calculation of the length extension
(εref f + 0.3)(w/h + 0.264)
∆L = 0.412h (5.4)
(εref f − 0.258)(w/h + 0.8)
Calculation of the Length (L)

L = Lef f − 2∆L (5.5)

Calculation of the ground plate length (L)

Lg = 6h + L (5.6)

Calculation of the ground plate width (L)

Wg = 6h + W (5.7)

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5.2 Designing of MSA
Based on the simplified formulation that has been described, a design procedure is
outlined which leads to design of rectangular microstrip patch antennas with line
feeding, inset feeding and coaxial feeding. The essential design parameters for the
design are: f0 = 2.45 GHz, r = 2.1, h = 1.56 mm and thickness of copper layer is
taken as 0.017 mm. The patch antenna parameters are summarized in Table 5.3.

Microstrip patch parameters f0 = 2.45 GHz, r = 2.1, h= 1.56 mm


ef f 2-4
W 37.26
L 28.84
Wg 46.62
Lg 38.20

Table 5.3: Microstrip patch parameters

5.2.1 Line feed patch antenna


The designed antenna is shown in Figure 5.3. The width of feeding line is taken as
2.5 mm and feeding location is given exactly at the center of width dimension.

Figure 5.3: Designed line feed patch antenna

Figure 5.4 shows the return loss (S11 ) characteristics of coaxial feed microstrip
patch antenna. The result shows that antenna has about -9.9858 dB return loss at

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resonance frequency of 2.45 GHz. Since the return loss is very poor due to improper
impedance matching it can not used for practical application.

Figure 5.4: Simulated return loss of line feed microstrip patch antenna

Figure 5.6 and Figure 5.5 shows the radiation pattern of coaxial feed microstrip
patch antenna.
The result shows that antenna directivity and gain at resonance frequency of 2.45
GHz is 3.1303 dB and 0.2298 dB respectively.

Figure 5.5: Directivity of line feed microstrip patch antenna

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Figure 5.6: Gain of line feed microstrip patch antenna

5.2.2 Inset feed patch antenna


The designed antenna with inset feed is shown in Figure 5.7. The width of feeding
line is taken as 2.5 mm and it is extended inside patch. The length of slot is y = 10
mm and width is 2 mm.

Figure 5.7: Designed inset feed patch antenna

Figure 5.8 shows the return loss (S11 ) characteristics of coaxial feed microstrip

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patch antenna . The result shows that antenna has about -17.19 dB return loss at reso-
nance frequency of 2.45 GHz. Patch antenna with inset feeding hold the good return
loss characteristic as compared to line feeding because of perfect line impedance
matching.

Figure 5.8: Simulated return loss of patch antenna with an inset feed

Figure 5.9 and Figure 5.10 shows the radiation pattern of coaxial feed microstrip
patch antenna. The result shows that antenna directivity and gain at resonance fre-
quency of 2.45 GHz is 2.74 dB and -0.17 dB respectively. Here both directivity and
gain decreases as compared to line feeding because of the cut in radiating plate for
matching purpose.

Figure 5.9: Directivity patch antenna with an inset feed

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Figure 5.10: Gain of patch antenna with an inset feed

5.2.3 Coaxial feed patch antenna


The designed antenna with coaxial feed is shown in Figure 5.11. For the design of
coaxial cable (50 Ω), standard dimension is taken i.e. inner conductor radius is 0.25
mm ,outer conductor radius is 0.86 mm and Teflon as substrate is used. The feed
location is taken as 1/3 of W and L.
Figure 5.12 shows the return loss (S11 ) characteristics of coaxial feed microstrip
patch antenna. The result shows that antenna has about -32.71 dB return loss at
resonance frequency of 2.45 GHz. The return loss characteristic of coaxial feed patch
is better than the line and inset feeding because of the easy impedance matching.
Figure 5.13 and Figure 5.14 shows the radiation pattern of coaxial feed mi-
crostrip patch antenna. The result shows that antenna directivity and gain at reso-
nance frequency of 2.45 GHz is 4.0319 dB and 0.7627 dB respectively.

5.3 Metamaterial array in slotted patch


Figure 5.17 depicts that the slotting in the patch caused the antenna to respond at
frequency lower than that of the simple patch without slots. Also, by changing slot
size, frequencies can be tuned. Slotted Patch responds between 1.4910-2.6810 GHz
which is optimized for patch dimensions 30mm x 50mm. Tribands are made to be
shifted for the application of LEO and MEO satellite. The slotting in the patch caused
the antenna to respond at frequency lower than that of the simple patch without slots.

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Figure 5.11: Designed coaxial feed patch antenna

Figure 5.12: Simulated return loss of coaxial feed microstrip patch antenna

Also, by changing slot size, frequencies can be tuned.


From Table 5.4, it can be analyzed that all bands are shifted towards left of the
frequency axis after slotting and metamaterial inclusion with desired return loss.
The following Table 5.5 depicts that the triband is obtained even after metamate-
rial inclusion within substrate in L and S bands with better return loss upto -35.1532
dB.
In Table 5.6, comparison has been made between conventional design of the
patch antenna and metamaterial included patch dimensions i.e. width, length and

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Figure 5.13: Directivity of coaxial feed microstrip patch antenna

Figure 5.14: Gain of coaxial feed microstrip patch antenna

height of the substrate.


Moreover, the gain of the antenna can be improved upto 7.02 dB from 1.88 dB
with the reduction of overall antenna dimension and better return loss as shown in
Table 5.7.
Table 5.8 shows for the same antenna and patch dimension multiple band op-

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Figure 5.15: Microstrip patch antenna

Figure 5.16: Slotted Microstrip patch antenna

Figure 5.17: Return loss of slotted MSA

eration is obtained for simple, slotted and metamaterial included patch. It has been
observed that with the shifting of the bands towards left of the frequency axis, im-
provement in the return loss is obtained upto -35.1532 dB after metamaterial inclu-

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Table 5.4: Comparative analysis to show the shifting of the bands in triband operation for
different patch structure

Patch Antenna First Band(GHz) Second Band(GHz) Third Band(GHz)


Simple Patch 1.5200 2.2600 2.7800
Slotted Patch 1.5160 2.2210 2.6890
Patch with
1.4450 2.1000 2.4100
Metamaterial

Table 5.5: Comparative analysis of metamaterial included patch antenna return loss and res-
onant frequency shifts with conventional patch antenna in triband operation

First Band Second Band Third Band Return Loss


Patch Antenna
(GHz) (GHz) (GHz) (dB)
Conventional
1.5200 2.2600 2.7800 -13.0585
Design
Metamaterial
1.4450 2.1000 2.4100 -35.1532
included Patch

Table 5.6: Comparative analysis of metamaterial included patch antenna dimensions and size
reduction with conventional patch antenna

Patch antenna W(mm) L(mm) H(mm) Percentage reduction


Conventional design 36.2 52.4 1.56
36.7%
Metamaterial included patch 30 40 1.56

Table 5.7: Comparative analysis of metamaterial included patch antenna with conventional
patch antenna considering antenna parameters

W L RF RL Gain
Patch Antenna
(mm) (mm) (GHz) (dB) (dB)
Conventional Design 36.2 52.4 1.4200 -20.9514 1.88
Metamaterial included Patch 30 40 1.4450 -35.1532 7.01

sion.
Patch antenna dimension is reduced further upto 36.7% and better return loss of
-29.577 dB is obtained and shown in Table 5.6. The return loss should always be
better than -10 dB.
As shown in Figure 5.18, in slotted patch antenna unit cells are duplicated to
obtain a metamaterial array structure. Array of unit cells are developed for tuning the

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Table 5.8: Multiple band operation for simple(Model 1), slotted(Model 2) and metamaterial
included patch(Model 3).

Antenna Dimensions Patch Dimensions RF RL


Antenna Type
(mm) (mm) (GHz) (dB)
Band 1: 1.5200 -30.5366
Model 1 52.4 x 36.2 45.9 x 30.0 Band 2: 2.2600 -20.3980
Band 3: 2.7800 -13.0585
Band 1: 1.5160 -11.9264
Model 2 52.4 x 36.2 45.9 x 30.0 Band 2: 2.2210 -10.5850
Band 3: 2.6890 -5.9158
Band 1: 1.4450 -17.9261
Model 3 52.4 x 36.2 45.9 x 30.0 Band 2: 2.1000 -16.3489
Band 3: 2.4100 -35.1532

resonating frequency of different bands by having the parametric changes.

Figure 5.18: Array of unit cells within patch

Figure 5.19 shows the overall height of the MSA including the height of the
substrate and patch. The location of coaxial feed is also very prominent from the
diagram. Figure 5.20 shows various ways to arrange the unit cells within substrate

Figure 5.19: Side view of the resonating array structure

for getting the desired results in terms of return loss, bandwidth, gain and efficiency.

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It can be analyzed that by having different arrangements of unit cell patch response
can be modified drastically.
A pair of SRR and Thin Wire (TW) was inserted in the dielectric substrate of
the slotted patch antenna. Figure 5.18 shows the shape, size and position of the
SRR-TW in Teflon substrate. The antenna dimensions are yet to be changed. But the
response shows the resonant frequencies to be lowered due to insertion of SRR-TW.
Slotted Patch responds between 1.4910-2.6810 GHz which is optimized for patch
dimensions 30mm x 50mm. Tribands are made to be shifted for the application of
LEO and MEO satellite.

Figure 5.20: Multiple arrangements of arrays of unit cell

Overall antenna size reduction is achieved. More than 36.7% size has been re-
duced from that of the conventional patch as shown in Table 5.9 and Figure 5.21.
After reduction, desired return loss and frequency bands can be achieved by varying
parameters of the metamaterials [49].

5.3.1 Negative parameter retrieval of MTM


In order to study the metamaterial properties in a waveguide, a unit cell is identified
from the full size structure and placed in a waveguide to collect the S-parameters.
The unit cell for the LHM is shown in Figure 5.22. The unit cell here is modeled
with PEC material, and the background as air. The top and bottom surface has PMC
boundary conditions, whereas the left and right has Perfect Electric Conductor (PEC)
boundary conditions and front and back as open boundary condition. A waveguide
port is placed at the open boundaries.
The S parameters for the unit cell are computed using HFSS Ansoft, a commercial
finite-element-based electromagnetic mode solver. Both the S-parameters and the

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Figure 5.21: Reduced metamaterial included patch compared with standard patch

Table 5.9: Comparative analysis with reduction

Metamaterial included
RF (GHz) RL (dB) Reduction in size (%)
patch antenna dimension(mm)
Band 1: 1.4450, -17.9261,
52.4 x 36.2 Band 2: 2.1000, -16.3489, 0
Band 3: 2.4100 -35.1532
Band 1: 1.6750, -17.4901,
50 x 35 Band 2: 2.1350, -13.2782, 7.7
Band 3: 2.5200 -18.0051
Band 1: 2.1500, -20.1161,
40 x 30 Band 2: 2.6350, -19.9743, 36.7
Band 3: 3.7200 -29.5770

retrieved material parameters are presented below. Figure 5.23(a) and Figure 5.23(b)
show the magnitude and phase of the computed S parameters. The dip in the phase
of S21 , which indicates the presence of a negative index band. In Figures 5.23- 5.24,
the x-axis shows frequency in GHz.
Finally, Figure 5.24(a) shows the permittivity and Figure 5.24(b) shows the per-
meability which, when both are negative at a given frequency, results in a negative

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Figure 5.22: Unit cell of LHM in Waveguide

(a) (b)

Figure 5.23: (a) Magnitude of the simulated S parameters, (b) Phase of the simulated S
parameters

(a) (b)

Figure 5.24: (a) Effective permittivity, (b) Effective permeability

refractive index for that given frequency.


The retrieved refractive index in Figure 5.25 confirms the negative index band that
lies between roughly 2.3 GHz to 3.2 GHz. This material condition is desirable for

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Figure 5.25: Retrieved refractive index

many applications because it represents a matched case. In other words, if the wave is
traveling from a material with a refractive index of one into a medium with a refrac-
tive index of negative one, then there will be no reflections and also it has focusing
effect. Reflections are generally undesirable because we normally want as much
power as possible to be delivered from the source to the load.
The objective of this thesis work was to study and design of the LHM and its appli-
cation for the performance improvement of the microstrip patch antenna. We have
designed the unit cell of Left-Handed Metamaterial and analyze its constitutive pa-
rameters means  and µ by effective medium . The simulation result show that both
 and µ having the negative value in the frequency band 2.3 GHz to 3.2 GHz. Since
in this band, it is having negative refractive index, it can act as lens when it is illu-
minated by the EM fields radiated from the patch antenna, which is similar to the
focusing of convex lens on the propagation of light waves.
Microstrip patch antennas have been widely used in a various useful applications,
due to their low weight and low profile, easy and cheap realization. we have designed
the microstrip patch antenna for the operating frequency 2.45 GHz for WLAN ap-
plication. Antenna was designed with various feeding technique and simulated in
HFSS software to evaluate the performance. The patch antenna with inset feeding
and Coaxial feeding has good return loss characteristic as compared to line feed-
ing, But still has low gain and low directivity. This can be improved by using Left-
Handed metamaterial cover. Microstrip patch antenna for the operating frequency
2.45 GHz for WLAN application is designed. Antenna was designed with various
feeding technique and simulated in HFSS software to evaluate the performance. The
patch antenna with inset feeding and coaxial feeding has good return loss character-
istic as compared to line feeding, But still has low gain and low directivity. This can
be improved by using LHM cover.
To enhance the gain and directivity of microstrip patch antenna we need to develop
Left-Handed Metamaterial Cover, by periodic arrangement of unit cell as discussed

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in chapter 2. By placing the LHM cover over the microstrip patch antenna at appro-
priate height will have focusing effects. By doing this we can get high direction and
high gain patch antenna.

5.4 Radome Structure (Grid Structure)


Patch cover is illuminated by EM field radiated from patch. Dielectric elements of
the cover are excited. Field distribution on the cover surface is quite uniform. It
works as aperture antenna which improves antenna directivity.
Ideally, better response is obtained if the cover size of the metamaterial is larger
and more layers are stacked together. The ordinary patch antennas directivity is 7.7
dB; after adding metamaterial, the patch antennas directivity is increased to 16.84
dB. Theoretically, the maximum directivity of an aperture antenna is 2. Bandwidth
can be increased by using a thick substrate with low dielectric constant.

Table 5.10: Comparative Analysis of Patch Antenna with increasing substrate thickness

Substrate Thickness(mm) Bandwidth (%)


1.56 mm 4.42 %
1.60 mm 5.30 %

Figure 5.26: Comparative Return Loss depicting BW for different substrate thickness

The metamaterial is composed of perfect conductor that is copper in this case


with a square lattice of grid structure, SRR and rod array incorporated with grid and
whose period is equal to 36.5 mm (in the z-axis and y-axis directions). The grids’
spacing in the y-axis and x-axis direction is 0.5 mm. The edge of the square holes
of the perfect conductor grids is 52.5 mm. The metamaterial-cover patch antenna is

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Figure 5.27: Comparative analysis of return loss depicting BW for different dielectric con-
stant

Table 5.11: Comparative Analysis of Patch Antenna with decreasing dielectric constant

Dielectric Constant Bandwidth (%)


4.4 (F R4 ) 4.42%
2.1 (Teflon) 5.52%

composed of an ordinary patch antenna and one metamaterial layers each composed
of 13 × 9 units. Given the structure of ordinary patch antenna and the structure
of metamaterial layer, there are three key factors to adjust: the working frequency,
the number of the layers and the distance between the layers (the grid’s spacing in
the z-axis direction). The working frequency of ordinary patch antenna is to be 2.5
GHz. The substrate is 1.56 mm thick, and composed of medium Teflon with the
relative dielectric coefficient equal to 2.1. The input mode is back coaxial-feed. The
patch size is 30 mm × 45.9 mm, and the feed which is a 1.0225 mm diameter metal
cylinder.

5.5 Results and discussion


Figure 5.28 and Figure 5.29 shows return loss better than -10 dB and VSWR close
to 1 of conventional slotted patch antenna. Table 5.12 shows the result analysis for
frequency tribands of the same and great agreement with the aim and specification
of the design, that is to obtain single band in L-band region and dual band in S-band
region, based on the specific application for space communication. For the first L
Band, resonant frequency is 1.5750 GHz, return loss is -19.6419 dB and VSWR is
1.2327. For the second S Band, resonant frequency is 2.3200 GHz, return loss is -
19.0013 dB and VSWR is 1.2527. For the third S Band, resonant frequency is 2.7350
GHz, return loss is -17.2880 dB and VSWR is 1.3166, all within the acceptable range.

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Figure 5.28: Return loss (S11 ) parameter for slotted patch antenna

Figure 5.29: VSWR for slotted patch antenna

Figure 5.30 and Figure 5.31 shows return loss and VSWR of metamaterial cover
over microstrip patch antenna which depicts great agreement with the desired spec-
ifications, with single band in L-band frequency and dual band in S-band frequency
same as obtained for slotted patch antenna. Table 5.13 shows the result analysis for
frequency tribands of the same.
For the first L Band, resonant frequency is 1.6550 GHz, return loss is -20.6230 dB
and VSWR is 1.2299. For the second S Band, resonant frequency is 2.3150 GHz,
return loss is -14.7714 dB and VSWR is 1.5788. For the third S Band, resonant fre-
quency is 2.6550 GHz, return loss is -17.7571 dB and VSWR is 1.2974, all within
the acceptable range. And this perfectly matches with the same three bands that were
obtained in case of simple slotted patch antenna. As shown in Table 5.13, one band
is in L band frequency region and two bands are in S band frequency region, which
matches perfectly with the three bands obtained for slotted patch antenna shown in
Table 5.13 .

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Figure 5.30: Return loss (S11 ) parameter for metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch
antenna

Figure 5.31: VSWR for metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna

In Figure 5.32, directivity patterns are plotted for spacing height of 10 mm, 6
mm and 2 mm. It can easily be analyzed that the directivity decreases from 0.2983
to 0.1585 as spacing height decreases from 10 mm to 2 mm respectively. Hence, this
results in the improvement of the antenna’s directivity. The graphs are obtained for
the same value of theta and phi i.e. for theta 90 degree and phi 45 degree.

Therefore, optimized result is obtained at 8.4 mm spacing height. In Figure 5.33,


return loss graph is plotted, which is better than 10 dB for all the three bands main-
taining the same specifications and best result with -39.2772 return loss is obtained
for the third band. Tribands are obtained in between 1-4 GHz of frequency range.
Figure 5.34 shows VSWR pattern and the value of VSWR is in between 1 to 1.3,

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which is desirable for good antenna design. Figure 5.35 shows the directivity 0.3089
at x=8.4 mm, which matches with the analytical value of directivity obtained in Sec-
tion 3 for theta 90 degree and phi 45 degree.

Figure 5.32: Directivity of metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna for x=10mm,
6mm and 2mm.

Figure 5.33: Return Loss of metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna for
x=8.4mm

Tables 5.12 and 5.13 show the result analysis for frequency tribands, single band
in L band region and dual band in S-band region of MSA and radome structure re-
spectively.

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Figure 5.34: VSWR of metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna for x=8.4mm

Figure 5.35: Peak directivity of metamaterial cover over the microstrip patch antenna at
x=8.4mm

Table 5.12: Return loss and VSWR analysis of MSA

Band Resonant Frequency (GHz) Return Loss S11 (dB) VSWR


First (L Band) 1.5750 -19.6419 1.2327
Second ( S Band) 2.3200 -19.0013 1.2527
Third ( S Band) 2.7350 -17.2880 1.3166

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Table 5.13: Return loss and VSWR analysis of radome structure

Band Resonant Frequency (GHz) Return Loss S11 (dB) VSWR


First (L Band) 1.6550 -20.6230 1.2299
Second (S Band) 2.3150 -14.7714 1.5788
Third (S Band) 2.6550 -17.7571 1.2974

5.6 Fabrication and characterization of radome struc-


ture
There are few most commonly used fabrication techniques, screen printing, chemical
etching (photolithography), flexography, ink jet printing technique are to name a few.
Screen printing method is used for the fabrication as explained below.

5.7 Steps of fabrication


The steps of fabrication of radome structure is described below:
(i) Design PCB layout on desired software TINA designsoft, where one can design,
simulate and generate PCB as shown in Figures 5.36 and 5.37 .
(ii) Export Gerber Files, which yields to gerber file generation.
(iii) Open PCB Prototyping Machine, PCAM (Version 5.x): EP 2006-series- Ever-
precision as shown in Figure 5.38, which is purchased under TEQIP-II program.
(iv) Open New File and Set up the project by selecting Component side, Solder side’s
Gerber File and Aperture File. Select Drill data and Router data. Then Select Aper-
ture source as User Defined for TINA software. Then compile gerber files into ma-
chine using following steps. There are two levels of processing, one is user defined
and other is assembly level. Hence, cross-compiler is required for converting gerber
file (g port) into machine level.
(v) Grid design layout in Eagle PCB design software is shown in Figure 5.39.

Fabricated patch antenna and grid of two different copper thicknesses are shown
in Figures 5.40 and 5.41 respectively. PTH process is demonstrated in Figure 5.42.

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Figure 5.36: Optimized HFSS model

(a) (b)

Figure 5.37: (a) PCB designed for fabrication, (b) Model transported to PCB Prototype Ma-
chine

5.8 Testing and troubleshooting


To measure the gain of the radome structure, two standard identicle reference anten-
nas are used. The set up diagram is shown in Figure 5.43. And the experimental
setup is shown in Figures 5.44 and 5.45 for testing the gain of the radome based
microstrip patch antenna.

5.8.1 Procedure
Part 1

(i) Use the experimental arrangement as shown in Figure 5.44. Use the two identicle
planar biquad antennas. The distance between the two biquad antennas must satisfy

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Figure 5.38: PCB Prototyping Machine(Purchased under TEQIP-II grant at SVNIT)

Figure 5.39: Grid design layout in Eagle PCB design software

the far zone criterion.


(ii) Align the two biquad antennas for the same polarization. Record the distance
R between two antennas and also the VSWR meter reading as Pr (dB) as shown in
Figure 5.44.
(iii) Remove the two antennas and connect the VSWR meter at the coaxial port pre-
ceding the transmitting antenna. Record this reading as Pt (dB).
(iv) Calculate the power ratio (Pt /Pr ) = antilog10 [Pt (dB) − Pr (dB)/10]
(v) Find the gain of the antenna using the equation: G = (Pr /Pt )1/2 (4πR/λ)

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(a) (b)

Figure 5.40: Fabricated patch antenna

(a) (b)

Figure 5.41: Fabricated grid for two different copper thicknesses

Figure 5.42: Demonstration of Plated Through Hole process

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Figure 5.43: Setup Diagram

Figure 5.44: Experimental Setup 1

Part 2

Use the biquad antenna with known gain as a standard to measure the gain of radome
antenna.
(i) Use the experimental arrangement as shown in Fig.5.45. Use one biquad antenna
as the transmitting antenna. The second planar radome as reference antenna is to be
used as the receiving antenna. The distance between the two antennas must satisfy
the far zone criterion.
(ii) Align the two antennas for the same polarization and boresight radiation.Record
the distance R between the two antennas and the VSWR reading PS (dB).
(iii) Remove the reference antenna and connect the radome antenna in the place and
orient the antenna for the same polarization.All other settings remain the same.
(iv) Record the VSWR reading as PT (dB).
(v) Repeat the measurements at different frequency settings.

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(vi) Calculate the absolute gain of the radome antennausing the formula: GT (dB) =
GS (dB)+[PS (dB)−PT (dB)], where GS is the gain of the biquad antenna calculated
in part 1.

Figure 5.45: Experimental Setup 2

Degree of agreement of the mathematical, measured results with the simulated


results are shown in Table 5.14 and 5.15.

Table 5.14: Degree of agreement of the mathematical results with the simulated results

Parameters Mathematical Result Simulated Result Agreement (%) (Mathematical


and Simulated Result)
Directivity 0.3112 0.3 96.4 %

Table 5.15: Degree of agreement of the measured results with the simulated results

Parameters Simulated Result Measured Result Agreement (%) (Measured and


Simulated Result)
Directivity 0.3 0.29 96.66%

The frequency of operation is 2.5 GHz (1-4 GHz). Teflon is the dielectric material
used for the substrate having the dielectric constant of 2.1. The height of the MSA
is kept fixed at 1.56 mm. For obtaining the desired outputs, return loss should be
better than -10 dB. Then only the band of antenna performance is considered good.
Bandwidth should be more than 10 MHz. Designed antenna should have high gain
and good efficiency with narrower beamwidth and directional characteristics.

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Chapter 6

Conclusions

It is concluded that metamaterial-based radome structure improves the directivity of


the microstrip patch antenna. Newton’s divided difference method is used to obtain
the optimized spatial height from the microstrip patch antenna for maximum directiv-
ity. Teflon is considered as the best substrate material for the antenna. AHP Method
of decision making, WPM and TOPSIS are used to select the best substrate mate-
rial. The hierarchy of the rank of the alternatives is generated and the first priority
alternative is used for further simulations.
Triband operation of slotted patch antenna for 1 to 4 GHz of frequency band
is obtained with optimized results in terms of return loss. It is concluded that after
appropriate slotting the patch the triband is shifted more towards left of the frequency
axis i.e. upto 1.4910 GHz. Moreover all the three bands are obtained between 1.4450-
2.4100 GHz.
Two ways to simulate a microstrip patch antenna are demonstrated. The return
loss is obtained for simple and slotted patch and compared with the metamaterial
included slotted patch response. The important factors that are considered are the
difference in solution time and the deviation in the results. With increase in width
of the patch from 25mm to 30 mm, 8.71% increase in bandwidth is observed. It
is also concluded that the model with an infinite substrate required less triangles to
mesh the model and simulated faster than the model with a specified substrate size.
The difference in the resonance frequency is approximately 2.5% and would become
greater if substrate dimensions are decreased further.
The difference between the two models will decrease as the specified size of the
substrate increases and thus can more accurately be represented by an infinite sub-
strate. Modeling of patch antennas on arbitrary dielectric substrates is implemented
using HFSS. Performance of the solver is tested for different mesh configurations
and for different dielectric constants of the substrate.

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Miniaturization of the overall size of the microtrip patch antenna is obtained by
slotting of the patch and the enhancement of bandwidth is observed. After inclusions
of the metamatrial the bandwidth increment is 12.43% as compared to the substrate
with Teflon as the dielectric material. Size Reduction is obtained up to 36.7% by
making parametric changes in the model.
Further scope for improvement lies in the investigation of boundary conditions
at the metal-dielectric interface and the optimization of the Matlab scripts. Future
scope of metamaterials hold great promise for new applications in the megahertz
to terahertz bands, as well as optical frequencies which includes super-resolution
imaging, cloaking, hyperlensing and optical transformation.

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List of Publications
International Journal Papers

1. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Directivity en-


hancement of miniaturized microstrip patch antenna using metamaterial cover.
International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 47.2, 399-
409, 2015. (SCI indexed Journal)

2. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Application of


Teaching Learning Based Optimization in antenna designing. Advanced Elec-
tromagnetics, 4.1 , 68-73, 2015. (Scoupus indexed Journal)

3. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Theoretical in-


vestigation on directivity improvement of miniaturized microstrip patch an-
tenna using metamaterial cover. Waves in Random and Complex Media, 2014
DOI:10.1080/17455030.2014.888147. (SCI indexed Journal)

4. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Design And Com-
parative analysis of a Metamaterial included Slotted Patch Antenna with a
Metamaterial Cover over Patch. International Journal of Recent Technology
and Engineering(IJRTE), ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-1, Issue-6,1-4, 2013.

Patent

1. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Antenna size Op-
timization using Metamaterial. Patent 2571/MUM/2014.

DRDO Sponsored Project

1. Project proposal accepted from DRDO Delhi entitled “Fabrication and Char-
acterization Of Radome Structure”.

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International Conferences

1. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Fabrication and


characterization of radome structure. Emerging Technology Trends in Electron-
ics, Communication and Networking (ET2ECN), 2nd International Conference
on. IEEE, 2014. Surat, Gujarat, India.

2. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Antenna opti-


mization. META-14, 2014, Singapore.

3. Pradeep Paswan, Vivekanand Mishra, Piyush N. Patel, and Surabhi Dwivedi.


Performance enhancement of coaxial feed microstrip patch antenna using left-
handed metamaterial cover. Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science
(SCEECS), IEEEXplore, pp. 1-4, 2014, Bhopal, India. DOI: 978-1-4799-
2526-1/14/2014 IEEE.

4. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Metamaterial In-


spired Microstrip Patch. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium
PIERS Proceedings. pp. 1279 - 1281, August 12-15, 2013, Stockholm, Swe-
den.

5. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Slotted Patch


Antenna Loaded with Metamaterial. Progress In Electromagnetics Research
Symposium PIERS Proceedings. pp. 508-510, August 12-15, 2013, Stock-
holm, Sweden.

6. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Metamaterial In-


cluded Slotted Patch Antenna versus Metamaterial Cover over Patch. Progress
In Electromagnetics Research Symposium PIERS Proceedings. pp. 511-513,
August 12-15, 2013, Stockholm, Sweden.

7. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Evaluating di-


rectivity and spacing height relationship of radome structure for miniaturized

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triband patch antenna. Nirma University International Conference on. IEEE
NUiCONE, 28-30 Nov, 2013. Ahemdabad, Gujarat, India. DOI: 10.1109/
NUiCONE.2013.6780125

8. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Numerical analy-


sis for directivity improvement of radome structure. Applied Electromagnetics
Conference (AEMC), IEEE, 18-20 Dec,2013, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.

9. Surabhi Dwivedi and Vivekanand Mishra. Antenna size Optimization using


Metamaterial.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Engineering Opti-
mization through Intelligent Techniques (AEOTIT), 2013, Surat, Gujarat, India.

10. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Metamaterial in-
spired patch antenna miniaturization technique for Satellite. Emerging Tech-
nology Trends in Electronics, Communication and Networking (ET2ECN), 1st
International Conference on. IEEE, 2012, Surat, Gujarat, India. DOI:978-1-
4673-1627-9/122012 IEEE, Surat 130-136.

National Conferences

1. Surabhi Dwivedi, Vivekanand Mishra, and Yogesh P. Kosta. Miniaturized An-


tenna Inspired With Metamaterial. National Symposium on High Power RF
and Microwave (HPRFM), 2013, Bhat, Gujarat, India.

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