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Meta 2010 & FEM 2010 – Rome, 13-15 December 2010<br />

Parametric bandwidth analysis of an<br />

Artificial Magnetic Conductor surface<br />

D. Ramaccia, F. Bilotti and A.Toscano<br />

University RomaTre, Department of Applied Electronics<br />

Rome, Italy – E-mail: davide.ramaccia@gmail.com<br />

In this contribution we show a possible application of Finite Integral Technique for<br />

the parametric analysis of the bandwidth of an Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC)<br />

made by a perio<strong>di</strong>c array of metallic patches on a <strong>di</strong>electric grounded substrate. As is<br />

well know, these structures mimic the perfect magnetic conductor con<strong>di</strong>tion in a small<br />

frequency range [1-3].<br />

A typical AMC surface with square patches, its equivalent circuit representation are<br />

shown in Figure 1a and 1b respectively.<br />

a) b)<br />

Figure 1: HIS a) typical structure with square patches. b) equivalent circuit model.<br />

Consider an incident electromagnetic wave normally. If the surface is made by a<br />

Perfect electric conductor, the wave is reflected back with a 180 degree phase shift, so<br />

it is opposite in phase with respect to the incident one. If the surface is made by an<br />

AMC, the reflected wave is in phase with respect to the incident one. As mentioned<br />

before, this particular behavior is only in a small frequency range that is defined as the<br />

range within the phase shift is inside the interval [-90°;+90°].<br />

The geometric and electrical parameters of the structure allow us to mo<strong>di</strong>fy the values<br />

of the lumped elements and consequently the bandwidth of the structure as show in<br />

Fig. 2.<br />

Figure 2: Increased Bandwidth around 20 GHz for a AMC with perio<strong>di</strong>city D=7mm and substrate<br />

permittivity ε = 3 .<br />

References<br />

[1] O. Luukkonen et al., "Simple and Accurate Model of Planar Grids and High–Impedance Surfaces Comprising<br />

Metal Strips or Patches," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., 56, 1624–1632, 2008.<br />

[2] D. Sievenpiper et al., "High-Impedance Electromagnetic Surfaces with a Forbidden Frequency Band," IEEE<br />

Transaction Microwave Theory Tech., 47, 1999.<br />

[3] F.Costa et al., “On the Bandwidth of High-Impedance Frequency Selective Surfaces,” IEEE Antennas and<br />

Prop. Lett., 8, 2009.<br />

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