Recent advances on metamaterials with applications in terminal and high gain array and reflector antennas
This paper presents recent advances in the design and applications of metamaterials: electromagnetic band gap, artificial magnetic conductor and LH surfaces. Miniaturised EBG surfaces are studied and implemented using closely-coupled double-layer topologies. Antenna characteristics are shown from a multi-frequency array (using non-uniform left handed (LH) superstrate), a compact mobile handset prototype (incorporating a thin flexible miniaturised EBG surface). Furthermore, the use in arrays and reflector antennas is discussed