Table 1.
Comparison of proposed FSS-loaded antenna with work in literature operating over same frequency bands and offering gain improvement.
| Ref | Overall Antenna Size (λ × λ × λ) |
Volume of Antenna (mm3) |
Operational Bandwidth (GHz) |
Gain without FSS (dBi) |
Gain with FSS (dBi) | No. of FSS Layers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [19] | 0.31 × 0.61 × 0.1 | 37,210 | 3–11.9 | 3.65 | 7.8 | Single |
| [20] | 0.65 × 0.65 × 0.45 | 156,282 | 3.6–3.9 | 2 | 3 | Single |
| [21] | 0.5 × 0.51 × 0.1 | 25,190 | 2.9–9.3 | 3.12 | 5.12 | Single |
| [23] | 0.99 × 0.99 × 0.33 | 305,407 | 3.6–6.1 | 3.8 | 7.8 | Single |
| [26] | 0.85 × 0.85 × 0.27 | 195,075 | 3–12 | 2.8 | 6.6 | Single |
| [27] | 0.53 × 0.65 × 0.24 | 75,400 | 3.1–18.6 | 2.7 | 6.9 | Single |
| [28] | 0.75 × 0.75 × 0.15 | 149,737 | 2.5–11 | 6.5 | 8.5 | Single |
| [30] | 0.54 × 0.54 × 0.19 | 52,543 | 3.16–15 | 4 | 8.9 | Single |
| [31] | 0.44 × 0.44 × 0.2 | 38,720 | 3–14.6 | 4.5 | 8.7 | Double |
| [32] | 0.44 × 0.44 × 0.33 | 64,856 | 3.05–13.4 | 4.2 | 8.5 | Double |
| [35] | 0.48 × 0.48 × 0.3 | 57,600 | 3–21 | 4.8 | 7.2 | Single |
| [37] | 0.79 × 0.79 × 0.2 | 115,596 | 3.1–13.9 | 4.9 | 9.7 | Single |
| [43] | 0.9 × 0.9 × 0.13 | 53,900 | 3.7–11 | 6 | 9 | Single |
| This Work | 0.5 × 0.5 × 0.09 | 31,000 | 3–18 | 6.5 | 10.5 | Single |