Planar annular ring antennas with multilayer self-biased NiCo-ferrite films loading

  • Guo Min Yang
  • , Xing Xing
  • , Andrew Daigle
  • , Ogheneyunume Obi
  • , Ming Liu
  • , Jing Lou
  • , S. Stoute
  • , Krishna Naishadham
  • , Nian X. Sun

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Abstract

With their high relative permeability, magneto-dielectric materials show great potential in antenna miniaturization. This paper presents an annular ring antenna with self-biased magnetic films loading in the gigahertz frequency range. The annular ring antenna was realized by cascading a microstrip ring and a tuning stub. Self-biased NiCo-ferrite films were adopted to load an annular ring antenna on a commercially available substrate that operates at 1.7 GHz. Novel antenna designs with self-biased NiCo-ferrite films on one side and both sides of the substrate were investigated. Antennas with self-biased magnetic films loading working at 1.7 GHz showed a down shift of 2-71 MHz of the central resonant frequency. An antenna gain enhancement of up to 0.8 dB was observed over the non-magnetic antenna.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5361374
Pages (from-to)648-655
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume58
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Annular ring antennas
  • Antenna miniaturization
  • Magnetic films
  • Self-biased ferrite films

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