2009/02/11 by Pekka Ikonen, Ikonen, Pekka
Engineering · #Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies #Antenna Design and Analysis #Classical Physics (physics.class-ph) #Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0902.1820
openalex publication_date 2009/02/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Electrically small metamaterial-based antennas are discussed from the industrial point of view using mobile phones as the application example. It appears, that despite the interesting theoretical findings, the commercial acceptability of these antennas is low. Some of the issues possibly leading to this situation are addressed. Discussion topics range from challenging application environment, through the response of finite-size composite-material samples, all the way to the required constructive criticism and acknowledgement of prior art. Selected issues are discussed in more details, and proposals how to possibly improve the commercial acceptability of metamaterial-based antennas are made.