MTM- and SIW-Inspired Bowtie Antenna Loaded with AMC for 5G mm-Wave Applications

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Measured radiation efficiency</td><td class="align_center">Minimum (%)</td><td class="align_center">Maximum (%)</td><td class="align_center">Average (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Antenna without AMC</td><td class="align_center">48</td><td class="align_center">53</td><td class="align_center">50</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Antenna loaded with AMC</td><td class="align_center">64</td><td class="align_center">68</td><td class="align_center">66.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Improvement after AMC load</td><td class="align_center">16</td><td class="align_center">15</td><td class="align_center">16.5</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Effectiveness of the AMC load on the radiation efficiency.</div>

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Table 4: MTM- and SIW-Inspired Bowtie Antenna Loaded with AMC for 5G mm-Wave Applications 