Analysis of the Combinatory Effect of Uniaxial Electrical and Magnetic Anisotropy on the Input Impedance and Mutual Coupling of a Printed Dipole Antenna

Mohamed Lamine Bouknia, Chemseddine Zebiri, Djamel Sayad, Issa Elfergani*, Mohammad Alibakhshikenari, Jonathan Rodriguez, Raed A. Abd-Alhameed, Francisco Falcone, Ernesto Limiti

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Abstract

The main objective of this work is to investigate the combinatory effects of both uniaxial magnetic and electrical anisotropies on the input impedance, resonant length and the mutual coupling between two dipoles printed on an anisotropic grounded substrate. Three different configurations: broadside, collinear and echelon are considered for the coupling investigation. The study is based on the numerical solution of the integral equation using the method of moments through the mathematical derivation of the appropriate Green's functions in the spectral domain. In order to validate the computing method and evaluated Matlab calculation code, numerical results are compared with available literature treating particular cases of uniaxial electrical anisotropy; good agreements are observed. New results of dipole structures printed on uniaxial magnetic anisotropic substrates are presented and discussed, with the investigation of the combined electrical and magnetic anisotropies effect on the input impedance and mutual coupling for different geometrical configurations. The combined uniaxial (electric and magnetic) anisotropies provide additional degrees of freedom for the input impedance control and coupling reduction.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9446054
Pages (from-to)84910-84921
Number of pages12
JournalIEEE Access
Volume9
Early online date3 Jun 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Jun 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • dipole antenna
  • input impedance
  • mutual coupling
  • Spectral domain analysis
  • uniaxial anisotropy

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