{"title":"Design and Performance Comparison of Metamaterial Based Antenna for 4G\/5G Mobile Devices","authors":"Jalal Khan, Daniyal Ali Sehrai, Shakeel Ahmad","volume":138,"journal":"International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering","pagesStart":382,"pagesEnd":388,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10009045","abstract":"<p>This paper presents the design and performance evaluation of multiband metamaterial based antenna operating in the 3.6 GHz (4G), 14.33 GHz, and 28.86 GHz (5G) frequency bands, for future mobile and handheld devices. The radiating element of the proposed design is made up of a conductive material supported by a 1.524 mm thicker Rogers-4003 substrate, having a relative dielectric constant and loss tangent of 3.55 and 0.0027, respectively. The substrate is backed by truncated ground plane. The future mobile communication system is based on higher frequencies, which are highly affected by the atmospheric conditions. Therefore, to overcome the path loss problem, essential enhancements and improvements must be made in the overall performance of the antenna. The traditional ground plane does not provide the in-phase reflection and surface wave suppression due to which side and back lobes are produced. This will affect the antenna performance in terms of gain and efficiency. To enhance the overall performance of the antenna, a metamaterial acting as a high impedance surface (HIS) is used as a reflector in the proposed design. The simulated gain of the metamaterial based antenna is enhanced from {2.76-6.47, 4.83-6.71 and 7.52-7.73} dB at 3.6, 14.33 and 28.89 GHz, respectively relative to the gain of the antenna backed by a traditional ground plane. The proposed antenna radiated efficiently with a radiated efficiency (&gt;85 %) in all the three frequency bands with and without metamaterial surface. The total volume of the antenna is (<em>L<\/em> x <em>W<\/em> x <em>h<\/em>=45 x 40 x 1.524) mm<sup>3<\/sup>. The antenna can be potentially used for wireless handheld devices and mobile terminal. All the simulations have been performed using the Computer Simulation Technology (CST) software.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1]\tA. S. S. Neto, A. L. T. Oliveira, S. B. Espinola, J. R. F Melo, J. L. Silva, and H. C. C. Fernandes, \u201cDual Band Patch Antenna for 5G Applications with EBG Structure in the Ground Plane and Substrate,\u201d Recent Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Cham, vol. 570, pp. 1044\u20131049, 2017.\r\n[2]\tU. Rafique, H. Khalil, and S. U. Rehman, \u201cDual-band microstrip patch antenna array for 5G mobile communications,\u201d Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Fall (PIERS - FALL), pp. 55\u201359, 2017.\r\n[3]\tZ. Pi, F. 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