The Radiation Characteristics Improvement and Thickness Reduction of Base Station Antenna with Artificial Magnetic Conductor

Autor: Young Joong Yoon, Ji Hwan Yoon, Jihwan Ahn, Cheol-Hong Son, Kihun Chang
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science. 20:1233-1242
ISSN: 1226-3133
DOI: 10.5515/kjkiees.2009.20.12.1233
Popis: In this paper, a Base Station Antenna(BSA) utilizing Artificial Magnetic Conductor(AMC) as reflector instead of common conductive plate to improve radiation characteristics and achieve low-profile is proposed. In the case of the conventional BSA on conductive surface which acts as a reflector, a secondary radiation is caused at the corner of the conductive surface, and it increases the back-lobe of the antenna, resulting in deteriorating the radiation characteristic of the conventional BSA. However, using the AMC, the back-lobe of the BSA can be largely reduced by the surface wave suppression. And the Side-Lobe Level(SLL) is also improved, resulting in preventing the service area overlapped. Furthermore, due to the reflection phase on AMC, the profile of the BSA can be also reduced.
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