Bandwidth Improvement of Microstrip Antenna Array Using Dummy EBG Pattern on Feedline

Microstrip patch antennas have several advantages over conventional antennas including their low proflle structure, light weight and low cost. As such, they have been widely used in a variety of applications. However, one of the major drawbacks of this antenna is the low bandwidth. In this paper, bandwidth of a dual patch antenna is improved by etching dummy EBG pattern on the feedline. Efiects of difierent positions of the feedline on the bandwidth are also studied. A good improvement in bandwidth for the antenna with the dummy EBG pattern when compared to the reference antenna is obtained for all the feedline positions.

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