Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol.

76, 73–85, 2017

SRR Superstrate for Gain and Bandwidth Enhancement

of Microstrip Patch Antenna Array

Chirag Arora1, * , Shyam S. Pattnaik2 , and Rudra N. Baral3

Abstract—This article presents a microstrip fed patch antenna array, loaded with metamaterial
superstrate. An unloaded antenna array resonates at IEEE 802.16a 5.8 GHz Wi-MAX band with gain
of 4.3 dBi and bandwidth of 425 MHz. However, when the same array is loaded with a metamaterial
superstrate, composed of a pair of Split Ring Resonators (SRR), there is simultaneous gain and
bandwidth improvement to 8 dBi and 680 MHz, respectively, which corresponds to gain improvement by
86% and bandwidth enhancement of 60%. The fabrication of this proposed antenna array is done, and
its simulated and measured results are compared. Equivalent circuit model of this composite structure
has been developed and analyzed. The electrical dimension of the patch is 0.23λ × 0.3λ.

1. INTRODUCTION

Present mobile and satellite communication systems require very high data transfer rates. Antennas
required to achieve such data rates should have certain extraordinary features such as high gain, wide
bandwidth, light weight, compact size and ease of integration with microwave circuits. Microstrip patch
antennas generally meet the requirements of light weight and compact size, but their use in certain
systems is limited, as a single microstrip patch antenna has relatively low gain and narrow bandwidth
with low efficiency.
A lot of studies have been published on performance improvement of patch antennas, such as (i) use
of large number of patch antennas in array configuration [1] (ii) increasing the substrate thickness [2]
(iii) optimizing the impedance matching of microstrip patch antenna by the use of shorting pins, plates,
posts, etc. [3] (iv) using high permittivity substrates [4] (v) using multiple substrates [5] (vi) loading
conventional patch antenna by artificial materials [6, 7]. In [1], Islam and Karmakar designed a 4 × 4
array of patch antennas for RFID reader. The designed array produced a considerable gain of 16 dBi
but did not obtain any improvement in bandwidth. In [2], Kovitz and Samii used a thick substrate
to enhance the bandwidth of a microstrip patch antenna. Similarly, in [3], Chow and Wan tried to
miniaturize the antenna by using shorting pins near the feed probe. In [4], Tang et al. enhanced the
axial ratio bandwidth of the patch antenna by using high permittivity substrate. In [5], Prasad et al.
used a multilayer substrate for bandwidth enhancement of a patch antenna.
However, most of the research is limited to the upliftment of either gain or bandwidth of a
single element patch antenna, and comparatively less attention has been paid towards simultaneously
increment of their gain and bandwidth [8–11]. Moreover, as per the best knowledge of the authors, the
techniques followed by these researchers are limited to single patch element, and no attention has been
paid to incorporating these techniques for performance improvement of patch antenna arrays. Also,
most of these techniques make the antenna bulky and even difficult to fabricate. For example, in [8],
Rao and Dinesh used a multilayer dielectric substrate for gain and bandwidth enhancement. However,
Received 14 April 2017, Accepted 26 May 2017, Scheduled 19 June 2017
* Corresponding author: Chirag Arora (c [email protected]).
1 Krishna Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ghaziabad (UP), India. 2 National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and

Research, Chandigarh, India. 3 IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad (UP), India.

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great efforts are required to fabricate such structures. In [9], Attia and Ramahi simultaneously increased
the gain and bandwidth of a patch antenna by using a cross stacked EBG substrate, but use of stacked
EBG makes the antenna bulky and tedious to fabricate. In [10], Nishiyama et al. stacked a microstrip
patch antenna, but the size of the ground plane of this stacked patch antenna is twice that of patch size.
Honari et al. in [11], used a slotted, ring-shaped patch antenna to improve its gain and bandwidth, but
slotting of this ring requires a very precise control, and hence, it is very difficult to design.
Recently, due to controllable electric and magnetic response of single/double negative
metamaterials [12], antenna researchers worldwide have been attracted by them, as their novel properties
are capable not only to squeeze the antenna size, but also improve various performance parameters
of the antenna effectively such as return loss, VSWR, bandwidth, gain, and directivity. Moreover,
they have easy physical realization and can be comfortably incorporated with conventional antennas
as compared to other engineered materials. In [13], Smith et al. were the first to experimentally
demonstrate these materials. Since then, due to their novel properties, they have been deeply studied as
potential artificial materials for large number of applications in the microwave and optical region [14, 15].
Several configurations of metamaterial have been used by different researchers [16–23]. In [17], Joshi et
al. deigned a MSRR loaded dual-band microstrip patch antenna to obtain size reduction. In [19],
Chaimool et al. covered a conventional patch antenna with metamaterial superstrate, but dimensions
of the ground plane used in this antenna is approximately seven times the size of radiating patch, thus
making the size of loaded patch antenna quite large. Moreover, all the research discussed in [16–20] is
limited to single radiating patch only.
As per the best knowledge of authors, for the very first time, the authors have extended the
application of metamaterial loading to the array of conventional microstrip patch antennas, for their
performance improvement, and analyzed the equivalent circuit of the composite structure. In [21], the
authors loaded the feed line of a conventional patch antenna array with a pair of Split Ring Resonators
(SRR), as a result of which, significant improvement in gain as well as bandwidth is obtained. In order
to improve the performance of conventional patch antenna array further, Arora et al. in [22], replaced
the ground plane of a conventional antenna array with a metamaterial ground plane and observed that
the proposed antenna presented better performance than [21]. In [23], the authors, again for the very
first time, covered conventional patch antenna array with a metamaterial superstrate layer, composed of
a pair of SRRs and observed that there was drastic improvement in bandwidth and gain, simultaneously.
Further in this communication, the authors have extended the work of [23] by (i) Testing the loaded
antenna array and validating the simulated and experimental return loss characteristics and radiation
patterns (ii) Theoretically analyzing the loaded antenna array (iii) Applying effective medium theory
to metamaterial unit cell (iv) Developing, discussing and validating equivalent circuit of the composite
structure.
The novelty of this work lies in the fact that for the very first time metamaterial superstrate layer
has been used for simultaneous gain and bandwidth enhancement of a microstrip patch antenna array,
along with the design, analysis and validation of equivalent circuit of the proposed composite structure.
Moreover, the designing of a superstrate layer has been done in such a manner that the dimensions of
this proposed metamaterial layer and ground plane of a conventional antenna array are exactly identical,
thus making the composite structure compact in size and light in weight. Also, the dimension of ground
plane of the proposed antenna is 1.75 times the size of radiating patch, which is much smaller than the
antenna designed in [19], where the dimension of ground plane is seven times the size of radiating patch.
Gain enhancement of 86% and bandwidth improvement of 60% are obtained, which is much higher than
their counterparts designed in [8–11, 19], with respect to their overall aspect ratios.

2. ANTENNA ARRAY DESIGN AND METAMATERIAL SUPERSTRATE

ANALYSIS

The configurations of the proposed metamaterial superstrate layer and the conventional microstrip patch
antenna array are presented in this section. The scattering parameters of the Split Ring Resonator
(SRR), extracted using the effective medium theory, are also discussed in this section.
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2.1. Antenna Array Design

Figure 1 depicts the geometrical structure of a two-element conventional microstrip patch antenna
array, and Fig. 2(a) presents the perspective view of a conventional patch antenna array covered with
the designed metamaterial superstrate. The side view of the proposed antenna array is presented in
Fig. 2(b). Both, conventional patch antenna array and metamaterial superstrate, are designed on FR-4
substrate of thickness (t) = 1.48 mm, dielectric constant (εr ) = 4.3 and loss tangent = 0.01. 50 ohm
SMA coaxial connector is used to feed the antenna array, and simulations are done using Mentor
Graphics IE3D, a method of moment based full wave electromagnetic simulator.

Figure 1. Geometrical sketch of 2-element conventional microstrip patch antenna array.

(a) (b)

Figure 2. Geometrical sketch of proposed microstrip patch antenna array loaded with metamaterial
superstrate. (a) Perspective view. (b) Side view.

As calculated using the transmission line model equations [24, 25], the length (L) and width (W )
of the microstrip patch are 11.95 mm and 15.88 mm, respectively. The overall dimensions of the ground
plane are 52.5 mm × 67.10 mm. Using various design equations [25, 26], a corporate feed network is
designed to feed the array. Dimensions of the antenna array are presented in Table 1. The spacing
between two patches of the antenna array is 0.96 (λg/2), where λg represents the guided wavelength.
The dimensions of the substrate are 52.5 mm × 67.1 mm. The length of the feeding strip is calculated
as 26 mm.
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Table 1. Dimensions of antenna array.

Parameters Dimensions (mm)

a 11.95
b 0.5237
c 2.8758
e 1.38
f 7.55
i 15.88
j 7.55
t 1.48
m 0.5237

2.2. Metamaterial Superstrate Analysis

Figure 3 presents the structure of SRR unit cell, and the geometric sketch of metamaterial superstrate
consisting of a pair of this SRR is depicted in Fig. 4. The designed metamaterial superstrate is used to
cover the patches of the conventional antenna array in such a way that it does not increase the overall
size of the proposed antenna, i.e., the dimensions of loaded and unloaded antennas remain almost the
same. The geometrical dimensions of the SRR unit cell are: length of outer split ring (Ls) = 3.9 mm,
width of rings (w) = 0.1 mm, gap at split of rings (g) = 0.2 mm, and separation between inner and outer
split rings (s) is set to 0.9 mm. The dimensions of SRR are chosen in such a way that its overall length
is shorter than λ/10, so that the particle behaves as subwavelength element. The overall dimensions
of the metamaterial superstrate layer are 52.5 mm × 19 mm, and it is placed at a distance (d) of 8 mm
from the ground plane of the conventional patch antenna array. This distance of superstrate layer, from
the ground plane of the conventional patch antenna array, is found to be the optimum position for the
best performance of the proposed array. A method of moment based IE3D full wave electromagnetic
simulator is used to simulate this proposed antenna array, and its equivalent circuit model is developed
and analyzed. The antenna measurements are done to validate the experimental and simulated results.

Figure 3. Geometrical structure of SRR unit cell. Figure 4. Geometrical structure of metamaterial
superstrate.

To extract the effective constitutive parameters of the metamaterial unit cell, the sample is placed
in a waveguide in such a way that the incident electromagnetic wave is polarized such that the magnetic
field is along the axial plane of SRR, whereas the electric field is polarized along the x axis. Hence, the
direction of propagation of the wave vector k is along the y-axis. The arrangement of the sample inside
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Figure 5. Unit cell of metamaterial superstrate Figure 6. S-parameters of metamaterial

placed in a waveguide. superstrate unit cell.

the wave guide is shown in Fig. 5, and the simulated S-parameters retrieved from it are presented in
Fig. 6.
Nicolson-Ross-Weir (NRW) technique [27] has been used to attain the effective magnetic
permeability of SRR unit cell, since this approach provides an easy and simple calculation method as
compared to other methods such as NIST iterative technique and free-space method. The expressions
of Equations (1) and (2) are used to determine these effective medium parameters.
2 1 − V2
μr = (1)
jko d 1 + V2
2 1 − V1
εr = (2)
jko d 1 + V1
where k0 is the wave number; d is the thickness of substrate; V1 and V2 are the composite terms which
represent the addition and subtraction of S-parameters. The values of V1 and V2 are estimated using
Equations (3) and (4) [27].
V1 = S21 + S11 (3)
V2 = S21 − S11 (4)
By using the obtained S-parameters, above mathematical equations and MATLAB code, the
metamaterial characteristics of SRR unit cell are verified. From Fig. 7(a) it is observed that the
magnetic permeability of the SRR unit cell is negative from 5.58 GHz to 5.9 GHz, implying that the
structure exhibits metamaterial characteristics at the frequency of interest. However, no negative value
of permittivity is obtained, as shown in Fig. 7(b). Fig. 8(a), Fig. 8(b) and Fig. 8(c) present the
photographs of the unloaded antenna array, zoomed view of metamaterial superstrate and perspective
view of the fabricated loaded antenna array, respectively.

3. RESULTS (SIMULATED & MEASURED) AND PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS

To show the validity of the design, in this section, simulated results of the proposed antenna array are
compared with the measured ones. It is observed that both results agree well with each other, thus
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(a) (b)

Figure 7. (a) Magnetic permeability characteristics. (b) Electric permittivity characteristics of SRR
unit cell.

(a) (b)

(c)

Figure 8. Photograph of (a) fabricated unloaded antenna array, (b) 4× zoomed view of metamaterial
superstrate, (c) metamaterial superstrate loaded microstrip patch antenna array (perspective view).

confirming the validity of the design. Parametric study of the composite structure is done to show the
effects of various antenna design parameters on performance indices of the antenna.

3.1. Results (Simulated & Measured)

This section presents the simulated and measured results of the antenna array with and without
metamaterial superstrate. Fig. 9(a) depicts the simulated return loss characteristics of the conventional
microstrip patch antenna array, whereas Fig. 9(b) presents simulated and measured S11 characteristics
of the proposed antenna array under loaded conditions. It is observed that the unloaded antenna array
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(a) (b)

Figure 9. Return loss characteristics of (a) unloaded antenna array, (b) loaded antenna array (measured
and simulated).

(a) (b)

Figure 10. Measured and simulated elevation plane radiation pattern characteristics of (a) unloaded,
(b) loaded proposed antenna array.

resonates at 5.8 GHz with bandwidth of 425 MHz, whereas when the patches of conventional patch
antenna array are covered with metamaterial superstrate, bandwidth reaches 680 MHz at the same
resonant frequency, corresponding to the bandwidth improvement of 60%.
Figures 10(a) and 10(b) present the simulated and measured elevation plane radiation pattern
characteristics of unloaded and loaded antenna arrays, respectively. As observed from Fig. 10(a) and
Fig. 10(b), respectively, the antenna array resonates with gain of 4.3 dBi under unloaded conditions,
and when the same antenna array is covered with a metamaterial superstrate, gain approaches to 8 dBi.
However, a dip in the elevation plane radiation pattern is observed due to the excitation of the some
spurious modes on patch conductor. The dimensions of the array under both the conditions are almost
same. Thus, the bandwidth and gain are improved simultaneously at almost no extra hardware size
and cost.
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Figures 11(a) and 11(b) present the simulated 3-D radiation patterns of unloaded and loaded
microstrip patch antenna arrays at 5.8 GHz, respectively. Fig. 12 presents an inset photograph of
experimental setup to measure return loss characteristics of the fabricated metamaterial superstrate
loaded antenna array. Anritsu Vector Network Analyzer, model no. MS2028C, frequency range 5 kHz
to 20 GHz, is used to measure the return loss of this proposed antenna array. Radiation patterns are
measured with spectrum analyzer, model no. Anritsu MS2719B, operating over the frequency range of
9 kHz to 20 GHz. The experimental setup to measure the radiation patterns in an anechoic chamber is
shown in Fig. 13.
From Fig. 9(b), it is observed that the fabricated antenna array resonates at 5.8 GHz with bandwidth

(a) (b)

Figure 11. 3-D Radiation patterns of (a) unloaded microstrip patch antenna array, (b) superstrate
loaded microstrip patch antenna array.

Figure 12. Inset photograph of experimental set Figure 13. Experimental setup for measurement
up to measure S11 characteristics of fabricated of radiation patterns in an anechoic chamber.
metamaterial superstrate loaded antenna array.
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of about 600 MHz, showing that the two results are in good agreement with each other. However, some
change in the shapes of the two curves is due to the inaccuracy occurring while fabricating the proposed
antenna array and the use of the FR-4 substrate, which is lossy in nature but quite cheap, and hence,
suitable for making such prototypes.

3.2. Parametric Analysis

The height (d) between the proposed metamaterial superstrate and the ground plane of traditional
antenna array is an important parameter to decide the gain and bandwidth of the proposed array.
To determine the optimized value of this height, so as to obtain the maximum improvement in gain
and bandwidth of the proposed array, its parametric analysis is performed. Fig. 14 and Fig. 15 show
the variation of gain and VSWR at 5.8 GHz, respectively, of the proposed antenna array with the
change in d. It is observed that for d = 8 mm, maximum improvement in gain and VSWR is obtained.
Occurrence of maximum improvement in the performance indices of the proposed antenna array, at this
particular height, can be explained on the basis of increased coupling of metamaterial superstrate with
the traditional patch antenna array.

Figure 14. Variation in gain of proposed antenna Figure 15. Variation in VSWR of proposed
array as a function of height between superstrate antenna array as a function of height between
layer and ground plane. superstrate layer and ground plane.

4. ANALYTICAL ANALYSIS AND EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL

Behavior mechanism and the equivalent circuit of the proposed metamaterial superstrate are discussed
in this section. Various design equations of the equivalent circuit are also presented.

4.1. Analytical Analysis

Placing the proposed metamaterial superstrate over the patches of the antenna array at small
height results in the parasitic loading of conventional patch antenna array. Due to this parasitic
loading, proximity coupling between the superstrate and patch antenna occurs, thus forming a two-
layer electromagnetically coupled system. This electromagnetic coupling between the patches and
metamaterial superstrate results in improvement of the bandwidth of the composite system. Gain
enhancement of the proposed antenna array can be explained with the help of cavity effect, which
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comes in existence when the superstrate layer forms the cover of the antenna patches. As per the Snell’s
Law of refraction, the medium with low refractive index moves the electromagnetic waves away from
the primary source and in the direction parallel to the normal of this surface. This property results
in directivity enhancement of the proposed antenna array. Moreover, at the resonant frequency, the
calculated reflection coefficient is approximately 0.79, showing that the metamaterial superstrate acts
as a highly reflective surface, thus making the antenna highly directive. The presence of metamaterial
superstrate also makes the field distribution of the patch antenna more uniform, thus improving the
overall gain of the proposed antenna array. Thus it is concluded that the metamaterial superstrate acts
as a parasitic load that enhances the bandwidth, and the cavity effect improves the gain of the proposed
antenna array.

4.2. Equivalent Circuit Model

Figure 16 shows the equivalent circuit of the microstrip patch antenna array loaded with a superstrate
layer formed by split ring resonators. L and C represent the equivalent inductance and capacitance,
respectively, of the split ring resonator, whereas L1 represents the equivalent inductance of microstrip
patch. The resultant inductance of the port and feeding network is represented by Lf .

Figure 16. Equivalent circuit of proposed antenna array.

As per the principle of equivalent circuit theory, the modeling of split ring resonator can be done
as a LC resonant circuit, such that the values of equivalent inductance of SRR (L) and equivalent
capacitance of SRR (C) are calculated using Equations (5) and (6) [27].
 
μ0 Lsavg 0.98
L= 4.86 ln + 1.84ρ (5)
2 4 ρ
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where, μ0 is the permeability of free space, ρ the filling ratio, Lsavg the average length of the square
SRR, which is given as Lsavg = 4[Ls − (N − 1)(w + s)], and N the number of split rings. The equivalent
capacitance (C) of SRR is given as [27]
  
N −1 K 1 − k12
C = ε0 2Ls − (2N − 1) (w + s) (6)
2 K (k1 )
where, ε0 is the permittivity of free space, K the complete elliptic integral of first kind, and k1 the
argument of integral expressed as (s/2)/(w + s/2).
When the metamaterial superstrate is placed close to the patch, the SRRs get inductively coupled
with the patch antenna because there exists some mutual inductance (M1 and M2 ) between them. This
mutual inductance between SRRs and the patch antenna is calculated using Equation (7), and its value
is 1.11 nH.  
μ 0 Ls 0.059(w + W )2
M1 = M2 = 0.467 + (7)
2π L2s
There also exists some mutual inductance between the neighboring SRRs (M3 ) and neighboring
patches (M4 ), whose magnitudes are calculated using Equations (8) and (9) [28], and are found to be
0.943 nH and 1.589 nH, respectively.
 
μ 0 Ls 0.059(w)2
M3 = 0.467 + (8)
2π L2s
μL  √ √ √ 
M4 = − ln(1 + 2) + 1 − 2 + w2 2/24L2 (9)
2π
Due to the conducting nature of patches and split rings, they also possess some self inductance.
The self inductance (Ms ) of the rectangular patch antenna is given by Equation (10) [28].
 
μL 2L w w2
Ms = ln + 0.5 + − (10)
2π w 3L 24L2
The inductance of the microstrip patch antenna array, with the capacitance of SRRs and mutual
inductances, makes the loaded antenna behave as LC resonant circuit. This capacitance compensates
the inductance of the microstrip patch array, and thus, under loaded conditions, good matching is
obtained at the resonant frequency.

5. CONCLUSIONS

A metamaterial superstrate loaded microstrip patch antenna array for IEEE 802.16a 5.8 GHz Wi-MAX
applications has been developed. The proposed composite structure enhances the gain of a conventional
patch antenna array by 86% and improves the bandwidth by 60% while maintaining almost same profile
and cost. The equivalent circuit of the proposed antenna array is designed and analyzed. The proposed
antenna array is fabricated and tested to support the simulated results. The performance comparison of
the conventional unloaded antenna array and proposed metamaterial superstrate loaded antenna array
shows that the metamaterials have good potential to improve the performance of antennas.

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