Popsicle shaped Microstrip Patch Antenna design for Space Research applications
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International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT) | 
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| © 2017 by IJETT Journal | ||
| Volume-45 Number-5 |
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| Year of Publication : 2017 | ||
| Authors : Prince, Payal Kalra, Ekambir Sidhu |
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| DOI : 10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V45P246 |
Citation
Prince, Payal Kalra, Ekambir Sidhu "Popsicle shaped Microstrip Patch Antenna design for Space Research applications", International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), V45(5),219-222 March 2017. ISSN:2231-5381. www.ijettjournal.org. published by seventh sense research group
Abstract
In this paper, a popsicle shaped
gigahertz (GHz) microstrip patch antenna with a
reduced ground has been proposed. The Flame
Retardant (FR-4) material having a dielectric
constant (?r) of 4.4 has been employed as substrate in
proposed antenna design having thickness of 1.44
mm. The copper material has been employed as patch
and ground due to its low resistivity and high
mechanical strength having thickness of 0.10 mm.
The reduction in the dimensions of ground has been
made to improve the various antenna return loss and
bandwidth. The proposed antenna design is resonant
at frequency of 5.434 GHz having corresponding
return loss of -43.75 dB. The impedance bandwidth of
the proposed antenna design is 211.9 MHz (5.325
GHz to 5.537 GHz). The performance of proposed
antenna has been analysed in terms of gain (dB),
directivity (dBi), return loss (dB), impedance
bandwidth (MHz), VSWR (Voltage Standing Wave
Ratio), impedance (ohms) and Half Power beam
width (?). It has been observed that the proposed
popsicle shaped gigahertz antenna has a directivity
and gain of 4.845 dBi and 4.84 dB, respectively at the
corresponding resonant frequency. The CST
Microwave Studio 2016 has been used for designing
and simulating of proposed antenna design. The
proposed antenna can be used for the Space Research
applications.
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Keywords
CST Microwave Studio, dB, dBi,
directivity, patch antenna, return loss, gigahertz.