WIDEBAND DESIGNS OF REGULAR SHAPE MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS USING MODIFIED GROUND PLANE

ABSTRAK Siaran TV digital umumnya menggunakan antena tipe Yagi dan Kubikal yang berukuran besar sehingga tidak fleksibel digunakan di dalam ruangan. Penelitian ini merancang dan merealisasikan antena mikrostrip miniaturisasi fraktal Köch agar dimensi antena lebih kecil dan bandwidth lebih besar sehingga cocok digunakan di dalam ruangan. Miniaturisasi antena berupa fraktal Köch iterasi-1 pada patch dan teknik slot iterasi-2 pada ground plane menggunakan pencatuan mikrostrip proximity coupled feed pada alokasi frekuensi TV digital Indonesia 478 – 694 MHz dengan bandwidth 216 MHz. Antena dirancang pada software perancang antena, direalisasikan, diukur, dan diaplikasikan pada TV digital. Hasil simulasi antena menunjukkan bandwidth yang lebih besar dari spesifikasi yaitu 245,99 MHz pada rentang frekuensi 477,81 – 723,8 MHz. Return loss dan gain untuk direalisasikan sebesar -16,67 dB dan 3,085 dB pada frekuensi tengah 586 MHz. Pola radiasi berbentuk bidirectional dan polarisasi berbentuk linier. Panjang dan lebar antena hasil realisasi 17,33 cm X 17,33 cm. Kata Kunci: TV digital, antena, mikrostrip, Fraktal, Köch ABSTRAC Digital TV broadcasting generally uses large Yagi and Cubical type antennas, so it is not flexible to be used indoor. This study designs and applies miniaturization of Köch fractal microstrip antennas to obtain smaller dimensions and larger bandwidth. The miniaturization of antenna are Köch fractal iteration-1 on patch and iteration-2 slot technique on ground plane using proximity coupled feed at frequency allocation 478 – 694 MHz and the bandwidth is 216 MHz. The antenna was designed in software and developed, measured, and applied to digital TV. Antenna simulation results show a greater bandwidth than specification, 245.99 MHz, at the frequency range of 477.81 – 723.8 MHz. Return loss and gain simulation results that meet the specifications to be applied to digital TV antennas are -16.67 and 3.085 dB at 586 MHz center frequency. The radiation pattern is bidirectional and polarization is linear. The length and width dimensions of the antenna is 17.33 cm × 17.33 cm. Keywords: TV digital, antenna, microstrip, Fractal, Köch

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Design Studies of Ultra-Wideband Microstrip Antennas with a Small Capacitive Feed

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation ◽

10.1155/2007/67503 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 2007 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Veeresh G. Kasabegoudar ◽

Dibyant S. Upadhyay ◽

K. J. Vinoy

Keyword(s):

Patch Antenna ◽

Ground Plane ◽

Microstrip Antennas ◽

Design Criterion ◽

Air Gap ◽

Ultra Wideband ◽

Design Parameters ◽

Impedance Bandwidth ◽

Rectangular Patch ◽

Almost All

The design of an ultra-wideband microstrip patch antenna with a small coplanar capacitive feed strip is presented. The proposed rectangular patch antenna provides an impedance bandwidth of nearly 50%, and has stable radiation patterns for almost all frequencies in the operational band. Results presented here show that such wide bandwidths are also possible for triangular and semiellipse geometries with a similar feed arrangement. The proposed feed is a very small strip placed very close to the radiator on a substrate above the ground plane. Shape of the feed strip can also be different, so long as the area is not changed. Experimental results agree with the simulated results. Effects of key design parameters such as the air gap between the substrate and the ground plane, the distance between radiator patch and feed strip, and the dimensions of the feed strip on the input characteristics of the antenna have been investigated and discussed. As demonstrated here, the proposed antenna can be redesigned for any frequency in the L-, S-, C-, or X-band. A design criterion for the air gap has been empirically obtained to enable maximum antenna bandwidth for all these operational frequencies.

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Broadband microstrip antennas with Cantor set fractal slots for vehicular communications

International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies ◽

10.1017/s1759078720000719 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Fatima Ez-Zaki ◽

Hassan Belahrach ◽

Abdelilah Ghammaz

Keyword(s):

Ad Hoc ◽

Ground Plane ◽

Microstrip Antennas ◽

Network Analyzer ◽

Vehicular Communications ◽

Frequency Range ◽

Antenna Structure ◽

Wireless Applications ◽

Microstrip Patch ◽

Vehicle Networks

Abstract Vehicle-to-everything communications (V2X), whose main objective is to improve security and efficiency, are provided by ad hoc vehicle networks that allow communication between vehicles. In the current study, a hexagonal microstrip patch antenna has been developed to cover the navigational frequencies, WiMAX at 3.7 GHz and DSRC/IEEE802.11p at 5.9 GHz to meet the demands of various vehicular applications. The antenna design is based on Cantor fractal slot, partial ground plane, and inset feed which is directly fed through the microstrip line. The proposed antenna shields the frequency band from 3.22 to 6.5 GHz with VSWR $\lt$ 2 within all the frequency bands. The presented antenna can resonate well in the 5.85–5.95 GHz band assigned for DSRC/IEEE802.11p and 3.7 GHz assigned for LTE/V2X. Simulated antenna gain varies from 3.06 to 5.25 dB within the operated frequency range providing an omnidirectional simulated radiation pattern in the most azimuth plane. To prove the validity of the simulation results, the chosen antenna structure has been fabricated and tested using a vector network analyzer MS2630. The measurement shows good results, which make the antenna suitable for wireless applications of interest.

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