Savita M Shaka. Prashant R.T. Vani R.M. and Hunagund P.V.
In this paper the study is done by loading the various types of Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) cells on the ground plane of the Microstrip antenna (MSA). The antenna1 gives a virtual size reduction of 59.10% and gives a multi bands and operates in the frequency range of 1 to 15 GHz and gives the enhanced bandwidth of 33.35%. The antenna2 gives a maximum virtual size reduction of 80.3% and gives a multi bands and operates in the frequency range of 2 to 14 GHz and gives the enhanced bandwidth of 61.85%. The proposed antenna is simple in its structure with low cost substrate material. The proposed antenna may find application in microwave communication systems