Author : Meenu Sharma and Sandeep Bharadwaj

We present microstrip patch antenna incorporated with left-handed metamaterial at 7.33 GHz. The proposed antenna uses metamaterial structure in the height of 1.6mm from the ground plane. This paper shows the comparison between the microstrip patch antenna theoretical calculation and practical calculation metamaterial structure with the enhancement in antenna gain and reduction in return loss at the same resonant frequency. By use of this combination it has been seen that there is a step up of return loss. These structures are simulated using IE3d Electromagnetic simulator of Zeland software incorporation.

Keywords: Metamaterial Structure (MTMS), Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna, Return Loss, VSWR

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.6, No.6 (Dec-2016)