Design and Analysis of DNG Metamaterial Based Microstrip Patch Antenna With Tetra-Band Resonance

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International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering

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Design and Analysis of DNG Metamaterial Based Microstrip


Patch Antenna with Tetra-Band Resonance
Nabila Hossain1, Md Imran Wahiduzzaman Khan2, Najia Hossain3
1,2
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB),
Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.
3
Electronic System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina,
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Abstract In this paper, design of a rectangular microstrip II. DNG METAMATERIAL
patch antenna loaded with DNG metamaterial has been
proposed. This antenna provides tetra-band resonance all
Metamaterial are artificial materials with unnatural
falling between 4 GHz and 9 GHz. The DNG metamaterial properties. Metamaterials can be SNG (Single Negative) or
property has been achieved using rectangular SRRs (Split DNG (Double Negative) kinds. SNG metamaterials are of
Ring Resonators) and a wire strip. The performance of the two types: ENG (Epsilon Negative i.e. r<0) and MNG
proposed antenna was analyzed by simulation results. In (Mue-Negative i.e. r<0). In case of DNG metamaterial,
order to demonstrate the impact of presence of DNG both permittivity and permeability are of negative value.
metamaterial in the proposed antenna, another simple Metamaterials are inherently dispersive and lossy. For
rectangular patch antenna was designed by removing the theoretical design and analysis, many researchers have
DNG (Double negative) metamaterial from the proposed
been using dispersive lossy model (i.e. Lorentz model) (as
antenna structure but keeping the dimension and materials of
other elements same. Simulations were run to analyze the
in [1]) and many have developed novel design algorithms
performance of this new antenna as well. And this new (as in [2]) to obtain realistic results. But the real challenge
antenna provides dual-band resonance instead of tetra-band. is the practical implementation of antennas with /-
Comparison between the new rectangular microstrip patch negative loading [2]. To make it possible for practical
antenna and the proposed antenna demonstrates the impact of implementation many experiments and simulations have
loading metamaterial in antenna structure. It has been been done to propose designs for construction of materials
successfully illustrated here that the use of metamaterial (or arrangements of materials) to get the performance of
makes antenna a better resonator. metamaterial. Composite structured materials consisting of
periodic or random scattering elements could response to
Keywords DNG, metamaterial, Microstrip Patch
Antenna, SRR, tetraband resonance. the incident electromagnetic radiation as continuous
materials in the long wavelength limit, so that the effective
I. INTRODUCTION medium theory is applicable. As a result, SRRs/wire arrays
can be considered as a generic electromagnetic
The demand for low cost miniature antennas has been metamaterial, in which the SRRs play an important role for
increased for different wireless communication applications the property of negative permeability in LHMs (Left
in recent years. Many kinds of miniature antenna designs Handed Medias or negative index materials) with negative
are proposed by researchers around the world. And the refractive index [3]. It has been stated in [2] that the first
most admired structure among them is the microstrip patch demonstration of artificial negative material was done by
antenna. Microstrip patch antennas offer some significant Pendry at [4]. Pendrys structure consists of two concentric
advantages, for example low profile, low weight, relatively rings separated by a gap, both having splits at opposite
low manufacturing cost and polarization diversity. however sides (i.e. EC-SRR). The splits at the ring and the gap
these antennas exhibit some limitations as well, such as between the inner and outer rings are responsible for the
narrow bandwidth, poor gain, low power handling capacity induced magnetic resonance [5].
& low radiation efficiency. Metamaterial based patch Use of metamaterial helps in miniaturization of antenna
antennas may provide good solutions to meet all these and makes antenna good resonator. To design an artificial
requirements [1]. The proposed antenna of this paper is a metamaterial with negative permeability different inclusion
rectangular microstrip patch antenna partially loaded with methods have been proposed.
DNG metamaterial.

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Some well known methods are: Spiral Resonation (SR), The dependence of the resonance frequency for various
Split Ring Resonator (SRR), Multiple Split Rig Resonator SRRs on the factors, such as the ring diameter, radial and
(MSRR), Complementary Split Ring Resonator (CSRR) azimuthal gap, electric permittivity and the thickness of the
and Labyrinth Resonator (LR) [2, 7-9]. Different kinds of substrate, and the director orientation of the embedding
SRRs are also used, such as 1-cut single ring SRR (1C- LCs, has been investigated in [3].
SRR), 2-cut single SRR (2C-SRR), edge-coupled SRR
(EC-SRR) and broadside-coupled SRR (BC-SRR). Figure 1
shows different types of SRR reconstructed from [3]. SRR
can be of circular, square or rectangular shape.
The magnetic resonance frequency of SRR structures
essentially determines the narrow frequency band of
negative permeability; on the other hand wire arrays show a
wide frequency band. The development of LHMs is
dominated by the realization of negative permeability. In
spite of having relatively narrow left-handed pass-band (A) 1C-SRR (B) 2C-SRR
frequency in almost all cases, the -, S- and L- shaped
resonators were considered. The ground breaking outcomes
of metamaterials, like negative refraction, perfect lensing,
cloaking, filtration, and antennas have made the
requirement of wider band operation of metamaterials
inevitable. A SRR is basically a LC circuit having
inductance L and capacitance C, when excited by a time-
varying magnetic field parallel to the ring axis, the
electromagnetic response of SRRs results from the resonant
exchange of energy. This exchange occurs between the (C) EC-SRR (D) BC-SRR
electrostatic fields in the capacitive gaps (splits) and the
Figure 1: Different Types Of SRR
inductive currents in the rings. Therefore by altering the
resonance condition manipulation of the frequency band In the proposed antenna, rectangular EC-SRR has been
can be achieved. For example the mounting of varactors or used with a wire-strip in order to create artificial DNG
photo capacitors to the inner structure of metamaterials metamaterial. The metamaterial structure is inserted in the
results in control of the frequency band. In [6], the authors substrate of this antenna. And simulations were run on
proposed a tunable LHM based on the broadside-coupled antennas with and without metamaterial. Comparison
SRR (BC-SRR). The relative slip of the substrates can between these two antennas provides realization of changes
adjust the magnetic resonance frequency. The mechanism of performance of antenna with insertion of metamaterial in
of magnetically tweaking the inductance via introducing the structure. For the purpose of design and simulation of
yttrium iron garnet rods into SRRs/wire arrays can realize the proposed antenna commercial electromagnetic
the tunable left handed transmission properties, which is simulation package CST Microwave Studio has been
entirely distinguishable from adjusting the equivalent used. In the following discussion of the paper, the proposed
capacitance of SRRs. The preferred means of controlling antenna is named Antenna_DNG and the simple
the resonance frequency is liquid crystals because of very rectangular patch antenna is named Antnna_DPS. Next is
large dielectric anisotropy sensitive to external fields. To the design specification of both Antenna_DNG and
achieve the reconfiguration of the negative index or Antenna_DPS. Afterward the results of both of the
permeability metamaterials the magnetic resonance can be antennas are illustrated using Figures from simulation
controlled though the tuning of the director orientation of upshot and tables of summarized values of simulation
the infiltrated anisotropic LCs. To summarize, it is ensured outcome. And that is followed by conclusion, which is
that the components attached are made of variable drawn with comparison between the results of the
capacitance diodes, photo capacitance, mechanical tuners, Antenna_DNG and Antenna_DPS.
ferrites, LCs, etc to attribute control over the resonant
frequency.

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III. ANTENNA DESIGN The feed type is coaxial feed. Feed size was chosen as to
For this paper, to demonstrate the effect of metamaterial ensure good impedance matching and resonance. Feed
loading in the proposed antenna two antennas were position is very important and was chosen very carefully
designed and analyzed. The dimensions of the substrate, for good antenna performance. Figure 2 shows the
patch and ground plane of both of the antennas are same. proposed antennas top view in both normal and wireframe
The difference is Antenna_DNG is loaded with DNG mode as it was designed in CST Microwave Studio. The
metamaterial and Antenna_DPS is a simple rectangular measurements of the proposed antenna are shown in
microstrip patch antenna. Following are the description of Table I.
both of the antenna designs with illustration of the structure Antenna_DPS is a simple rectangular patch antenna. By
as designed in the simulation software. removing the DNG metamaterial from the proposed
antenna, this antenna has been designed. The dimension
A. Design of Antenna_DNG and materials of other elements of the proposed antenna are
The design of Antenna_DNG is the proposed antenna maintained to be same for this antenna in order to observe
design. This antenna design, which provides tetra band the effect of presence of metamaterial in the antenna
resonance, is inspired from the design of dual-band structure.
metamaterial based antenna by Indrasen et al. [10]. Table I
Measurements of Prime Elements of The Antennas of The Thesis
Antenna_DNG has been designed by loading a simple
rectangular microstrip patch antenna with DNG Antenna Element Dimension Measurement
metamaterial. For providing DNG metamaterial property in
Patch Length 28 mm
the proposed antenna, rectangular EC-SRR and wire strip
Patch Width 20 mm
have been inserted into the substrate of the antenna. Here
DPS Substrate Length 48 mm
rectangular EC-SRR is used for MNG metamaterial
property and wire strip is used for ENG metamaterial DPS Substrate Width 40 mm
property. DPS Substrate Height 1 mm
Ground Plane Length 48 mm
Ground Plane Width 40 mm
r 4.4
r 1

B. Design of Antenna_DPS
Antenna_DPS is a simple rectangular patch antenna. By
removing the DNG metamaterial from the proposed
antenna, this antenna has been designed. The dimension
and materials of other elements of the proposed antenna are
maintained to be same for this antenna in order to observe
(A) (B) the effect of presence of metamaterial in the antenna
Figure 2: Top View of Rectangular Patch Antenna, Antenna_DNG:
structure.
(A) Normal Mode (B) Wireframe Mode

The Antenna_DNG is a simple rectangular patch


antenna loaded with DNG metamaterial substrate. This
antenna has a rectangular patch of copper, placed on DPS
substrate loaded with DNG metamaterial. The DNG
metamaterial property has been achieved using EC-SRR
and a wire strip, both made up of copper. The DPS material
used in the substrate has relative permittivity as r = 4.4 and
permeability as r = 1. Ground plane is also made up of
copper and of the same length and width as the substrate. In
order to achieve realistic result copper and DPS substrate (A) (B)
material has been chosen lossy type. Figure 3: Top View of Rectangular Patch Antenna, Antenna_Dps: (A)
Normal Mode (B) Wireframe Mode

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The Antenna_DPS has a rectangular patch of copper The values of antenna parameters are quite satisfactory
placed on DPS substrate, FR4. Just like Antenna_DNG the for the first resonant frequency i.e. at 4.30 GHz. For all the
DPS substrate material of this antenna has relative resonant frequencies the value of gain and directivity are
permittivity as r = 4.4 and permeability as r = 1. Ground satisfactory. But the value of main lobe magnitude at 7.09
plane is also made up of copper and of the same length and GHz and 8.88 GHz are a little low. The value of radiation
width as the substrate as it was in Antenna_DNG. Coaxial efficiency is more than thirty five percent at all the
feed has been provided like it was in Antenna_DNG. Feed resonating frequencies.
size and position was kept same as it was in Table II
Antenna_DNG. Dimension of this antenna is same as it has Return Loss At Maximum Resonating Frequencies Of Antenna_Dng
been mentioned in Table I. Figure 3 shows the antennas
top view as it was designed in CST Microwave Studio. Frequencies with maximum
Return loss
resonance
4.30 GHz -15.578 dB
IV. RESULTS
5.12 GHz -10.200 dB
Performance analysis of the proposed antenna been done
with the help of simulation results. Following are the 7.09 GHz -21.571 dB
demonstration of both of Antenna_DNG and 8.88 GHz -10.240 dB
Antemma_DPS with illustration of different graphs, plots
and tables.
A. Simulation Results of Antenna_DNG
After ensuring fine impedance matching simulations
were run on Antenna_DNG. From Figure 4 it can be
observed that Antenna_DNG has 4 resonant frequencies i.e.
it is a tetra-band antenna. The 4 frequencies with maximum
resonance are: 4.30 GHz, 5.12 GHz, 7.09 GHz and 8.88
GHz. At all of the resonating frequencies Antenna_DNG
has S-Parameter magnitudes below -10.2 dB as depicted in
Table II. The maximum resonance i.e. the least value of S-
parameter (-21.571 dB) is at frequency 7.09 GHz. So as a
resonator this antenna could be termed as tetra-band
antenna.
Figure 5: Farfield Response Of Antenna_DNG At 4.30 Ghz

Figure 4: Return Loss (S-Parameter Magnitude In Db)


Characteristics of Antenna_Dng.

Table III depicts the results of radiation efficiency,


directivity, gain and main lobe magnitude after running
simulation on Antenna_DNG. Figure 5-8 shows the
Farfield response for resonating frequencies with maximum
resonance in polar plotting of the base antenna at each Figure 6: Farfield Response Of Antenna_DNG At 5.12 Ghz
resonating frequencies.

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According to IEEE standard radar band (IEEE std. 521),
three of the four resonance are falling in C band, and the
other is falling in X band. Thus possible application of
Anteena_DNG would be in the field of satellite, radar,
microwave relay etc.
B. Simulation results of Antenna_DPS
The resulting Smith Chart after running simulation on
Antenna_DPS shows that the impedance matching has
finely been done in the design. Such impedance matching
was possible due to the feed size. Feed size and position for
Antenna_DNG and Antenna_DPS was same. As it can be
observed in Figure 9, the antenna has 2 resonant
frequencies i.e. it is a dual-band antenna. The 2 resonating
Figure 7: Farfield Response Of Antenna_DNG At 7.09 Ghz frequencies are: 5.08 GHz and 7.03 GHz. At both of the
frequencies Antenna_DPS has S-Parameter magnitudes
below -12.8 dB as depicted in Table IV. At 7.03 GHz, the
value of S-parameter is below -40 db. So as a resonator this
antenna could be termed as dual-band antenna.

Figure 9: Return Loss (S-Parameter Magnitude In DB)


Figure 8: Farfield Response Of Antenna_DNG At 8.88 Ghz Characteristics Of Antenna_DPS.

Table III Table IV


Resulting Antenna Parameters After Simulation Of Antenna_DNG Return Loss At Maximum Resonating Frequencies Of ANTENNA_DPS

Frequencies with maximum


Return loss
Main Lobe
Magnitude
Directivity

resonance
Frequencies

Resonance

5.08 GHz -12.802 dB


Maximum

Radiation
efficiency

Gain

7.03 GHz -40.274 dB


with

dBi dB dB The values of the antenna parameters, obtained from the


59.61% 6.873 4.626 4.6 Farfield responses have been enlisted in Table V. The
4.30 GHz
results of radiation efficiency, directivity, gain and main
5.12 GHz 46.19 % 8.756 5.401 5.2
lobe magnitude are shown in Table V. The values of
7.09 GHz 35.51 % 7.628 3.132 -1.4 antenna parameters are quite satisfactory for the first
8.88 GHz 48.08 % 6.429 3.249 -0.9 resonant frequency i.e. at 5.08 GHz, also the return loss has
been found to be better at the other resonance. The value of
Summary of simulation results of Antenna_DNG: gain, main lobe magnitude and directivity are satisfactory
Considering all the results it can be stated that for both the resonant frequencies. The value of radiation
Antenna_DNG is a tetra-band resonator with resonating efficiency is more than thirty five percent at both the
frequencies at 4.30 GHz, 5.12 GHz, 7.09 GHz and 8.88 resonating frequencies.
GHz.
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Figure 10-11 shows the Farfield response at resonating In accordance to the IEEE Std. 521, both resonances
frequencies with maximum resonance in polar plotting of falling in C band. Thus possible application of
the base antenna at each resonating frequencies. Antenna_DPS would be in the field of satellite, microwave
relay etc. And considering all the results it can be
concluded that the base antenna, Antenna_DPS is a good
dual-band resonator and a good radiator with good gain and
directivity as well. For practical implementation, using this
antenna as a dual-band antenna will give best results from
all aspects.

V. CONCLUSION
Considering all the results it can be concluded that
Antenna_DNG is a tetra-band resonator with 4 resonating
frequencies falling between 4 GHz and 9 GHz. And
Antenna_DPS is a dual band resonator with both resonating
frequencies falling between 5 GHz and 8 GHz. The
maximum resonating frequencies for Antenn_DPS are:
Figure 10: Farfield Response of Antenna_DPS At 5.08 Ghz 5.08 GHz and 7.03 GHz. Antenna_DNG has two more
resonances. It can be interpreted from here that because of
insertion of metamaterial in Antenna_DNG, the resonance
of the simple rectangular patch antenna has increased
noticeably, in fact got double. But in view of radiation
efficiency, both the antenna have only above thirty five
percent value. Capolino has predicted in [11] that
microstrip antennas with rectangular patch, partially loaded
with metamaterial, can only work as good resonators but
might not work as good radiators. The simulation results of
the proposed antenna has demonstrated similar outcome.
Antenna_DNG is a better radiator with tetra-band
resonance than Antenna_DPS which was only a dual band
radiator and resonator. So insertion of DNG metamaterial
enhances the performance of rectangular microstrip patch
antenna.
Figure 11: Farfield Response of Antenna_DPS At 7.03 Ghz
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