Mushroom meta-material based substrate integrated waveguide cavity backed slot antenna with broadband and reduced back radiation

A novel substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) cavity backed slot antenna with low back radiation is proposed in this study. This newly proposed meta-mushroom antenna uses a SIW cavity to decrease the back radiation. It is fed by the SIW cavity backed slot and radiates by meta-mushroom structure. This antenna exhibits broadband characteristics due to the meta-mushroom structure and a bow-tie slot on the SIW. The back radiation of the proposed antenna is considerably diminished by the SIW cavity located at the back side maintaining high gain performance. After all, its front-to-back ratio is increased and maintained over 19.2 dB in the operating frequency band, 4.5–5.6 GHz. Full-wave simulation and experiments results of the proposed antenna are demonstrated.