In this paper, a fully transparent antenna comprising of an Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) backed Co-planar Waveguide (CPW) fed dual-ring monopole is presented. The monopole antenna and AMC structure achieve transparency due to the use of AgHT-8 conductive oxide and Plexiglas substrate. Measured antenna performance shows an impedance bandwidth of – 6 GHz ( %) in the U-NII-1 to U-NII-4 frequency band with a peak gain of dBi which is approximately an increase of % and dBi, respectively, as compared to the stand-alone antenna. |
