Abstract
In this study, the performance of two metamaterial-based antennas – transmit antennas with a double negative index (DNI) and receive antenna with an epsilon near zero (ENZ) material is described for image transfer application. These three-layered antennas are simulated and fabricated on Roger RO3003 substrate. The transmit antenna achieves a gain of 5.5 dBi and a bandwidth of 3.9 GHz, while the receive antenna reports a gain of 11.4 dBi with a 3-dB angular beam width of 32.5° at 5.8 GHz. These antennas are employed with a commercially available transmitter with a camera and receiver. Few images are captured at various distances and simultaneously transferred to the receiver. The images transferred wirelessly are found better in terms of the image quality score obtained using the Blind/Reference less Image Spatial Quality Evaluator (BRISQUE) method, compared to those transferred using the standard dipole antennas. So, the proposed metamaterial-based antennas are suitable for wireless image/video transfer applications.
Funding source: Faculty Research Programme (FRP) of the Institute of Eminence (IoE) scheme of the University of Delhi
Award Identifier / Grant number: Letter Ref./No./IoE/2021/12/FRP dated 31.08.2022
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the Faculty Research Programme (FRP) of the Institute of Eminence (IoE) scheme of the University of Delhi (Letter Ref./No./IoE/2021/12/FRP dated 31.08.2022).
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Research ethics: No human or animal use is associated with this research work.
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Author contributions: Rashmi Borah, Neha Pal, Arjesh Jha: simulated and optimized the antennas. Shailesh Jayant and Amit Birwal: writing original draft and Analysing the antenna results. Gobind Rai: contributed to image capturing and transfer. Kamlesh Patel: Conceptualized, Analyzed all results, and finally drafted manuscript.
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Competing interests: No competing interests exist.
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Research funding: Faculty Research Programme (FRP) of the Institute of Eminence (IoE) scheme of the University of Delhi (Letter Ref./No./IoE/2021/12/FRP dated 31.08.2022).
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Data availability: Not applicable.
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