ARRANGEMENTS OF MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS HAVING DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES INCLUDING META-MATERIALS

摘要

A slot fed microstrip patch antenna (300) includes a conducting ground plane (308), the conducting ground plane (308) including at least one slot (306). A dielectric material is disposed between the ground plane (308) and at least one feed line (317), wherein at least a portion of the dielectric layer (313 ) includes magnetic particles (324). The dielectric layer between the feed lin e (317) and the ground plane (308) provides regions having high relative permittivity (313) and low relative permittivity (312). At least a portion o f the stub (318) is disposed on the high relative permittivity region (313).