scholarly journals Comparison of Metallization Schemes on Glass Dielectrics for X-Band Glass Antennas and Energy Harvesting

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 7283
Author(s):  
Longzhu Cai ◽  
Qiushi Yu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Indium Tin Oxide ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Dielectric Substrate ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
Plane Case ◽  
Dielectric Substrates ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antennas ◽  
X Band ◽  
And Performance

We prepare and test four types of glass antennas for X-band applications and energy harvesting. These antennas are made of three different glass metallization schemes, including conductive copper foil (CCF), conductive silver paste (CSP) and indium tin oxide (ITO) thin film. Compared with conventional microstrip patch antennas, the dielectric substrate materials of these designs are replaced with silicon-boron glass (εr = 6, tangent δ = 0.002). The antenna with CCF as a radiator and ground plane (case one) is compared with the antenna with ITO replacing the radiator (case two) and ground plane (case three), respectively, and the glass antenna made of CSP (case four) is also presented. In this paper, these four types of glass antennas are measured and analyzed, and a comparison of the fabrication process and performance of these antennas is demonstrated. This study could contribute to the development of human-machine interactivity (HMI) systems with glass dielectric substrates.

scholarly journals Improving the Performance of a Microstrip Antenna by Adding a Slot into Different Patch Designs

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 7469-7476
Author(s):  
M. J. Hakeem ◽  
M. M. Nahas
Keyword(s):  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Front Surface ◽  
Dielectric Substrate ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
High Frequency Structure Simulator ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antennas ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Antenna Performance

Microstrip patch antennas are attractive for communication applications due to their small size, low cost, and easy fabrication. Regardless of the diverse usage of these antennas, their bandwidth and efficiency are still limited and need to be improved. Therefore, this paper aims to enhance the bandwidth and efficiency of a microstrip antenna by inserting a slot into various patch designs. Flame Retardant (FR4) material is used in the dielectric substrate and the antenna is fed by a microstrip line. Virtually, the antenna performance is attempted to be optimized through empirical investigations of feedline lengths, slot sizes and positions, and ground plane dimensions and locations. To achieve the results, the High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) is used, and the paper concludes by showing that the antenna performance is enhanced by the slot, and the return loss is significantly reduced when the ground plane is moved to the front surface of the antenna.

scholarly journals Performance Comparison of Swastika and Rectangular Shaped Microstrip Patch Antenna

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
Suroj Burlakoti ◽  
Prakash Rai
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Pattern ◽  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Return Loss ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Performance Comparison ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antenna ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antennas ◽  
Microstrip Patch

In this paper, Microstrip patch antennas with rectangular and swastika shape of patch are designed and its performance parameters are compared with each other. Rectangular and Swastika shaped patch are considered in this paper with common rectangular ground plane. The antenna is simulated at 2.4 GHz using HFSS simulation software. This work mainly includes modification of antenna patch to improve the antenna parameters. The parameters of antenna such as Return loss, VSWR Bandwidth and radiation pattern are compared using simulation. The performance of Swastika shaped antenna was found to be better than rectangular shaped microstrip patch antenna with improved Return Loss, VSWR, Bandwidth and Radiation Pattern.

Patch antennas utilizing semi-insulating SiC for monolithic integration of the antenna subsystem on a SiC chip

2014 ◽  
Vol 1693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tutku Karacolak ◽  
Rooban V. K. G. Thirumalai ◽  
Erdem Topsakal ◽  
Yaroslav Koshka
Keyword(s):  
Silicon Carbide ◽  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Return Loss ◽  
Dielectric Substrate ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antennas ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Semiconductor Chip ◽  
Good Agreement

ABSTRACTSemi-insulating (SI) silicon carbide (SiC) was evaluated as a candidate material for dielectric substrate for patch antennas suitable for monolithic antenna integration on a SiC semiconductor chip. Computer simulations of the return loss were conducted to design microstrip patch antennas operating at 10 GHz. The antennas were fabricated using SI 4H-SiC substrates, with Ti-Pt-Au stacks for ground planes and patches. A good agreement between the experimental results and simulation was obtained. The radiation performance of the designed SiC based patch antennas was as good as that normally achieved from antennas fabricated using conventional RF materials such as FR4 and Rogers. The antennas had the gain around 2 dBi at 10 GHz, which is consistent with the conventional antennas of a similar size.

Wideband Microstrip Patch Antennas with Transverse Electric Modes

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 971-974
Author(s):  
Tanzeela Mitha ◽  
Maria Pour
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Electric ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Transverse Magnetic ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antennas ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Te Mode ◽  
Artificial Magnetic Conductors ◽  
Unit Cells

A wideband microstrip patch antenna, exciting the fundamental transverse electric (TE) mode, is investigated. The excitation of the TE mode is facilitated through replacing both of the patch and ground plane of a conventional microstrip antenna with artificial magnetic conductors (AMC), consisting of unipolar compact photonic bandgap (UC-PBG) unit cells. The AMC patch and the ground plane of this antenna behave as magnetic conductors within the bandgap region of the unit cells. Similar to conventional patch antennas, it is shown that by cutting a U-shaped slot in the AMC patch, wideband characteristics are realized. The antenna shows a 40% impedance bandwidth and operates at the TE10 mode. Moreover, the width of the patch is 1.75 times smaller than its length, reducing the overall size of the antenna by about 60%, compared with the conventional U-slot PEC antenna supporting the transverse magnetic (TM) mode.

Omnidirectional multi-band stacked microstrip patch antenna with wide impedance bandwidth and suppressed cross-polarization

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 629-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaishanker Prasad Keshari ◽  
Binod Kumar Kanaujia ◽  
Mukesh Kumar Khandelwal ◽  
Pritam Singh Bakariya ◽  
Ram Mohan Mehra
Keyword(s):  
Ground Plane ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Triple Resonance ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
Cross Polarization ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antennas ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Resonance Frequencies ◽  
Polarization Level ◽  
Triple Band

In this paper, triple-band stacked microstrip patch antennas (MPAs) are presented with wide impedance bandwidth and suppressed cross-polarization level. Triangular and circular shaped slots are embedded in the patch of antenna. Slot-loaded microstrip patches are fed with meandered microstrip line supported by a semi-ground plane structure. Triangular shaped slot-loaded MPA shows triple resonance at frequencies 2.2, 4.45, and 5.3 GHz having bandwidth of 45.9, 19.23, and 15.67%, respectively. Circular shaped slot-loaded MPA also shows triple resonance at frequencies 2.2, 4.42, and 5.38 GHz having bandwidth of 50.24, 33.21, and 13.43%, respectively. Using circular slot in place of triangular; bandwidth of the first and the second band is improved by 4.34 and 13.98%, respectively. Both the proposed antennas show an omnidirectional radiation pattern at all three resonance frequencies in the xz-plane with almost 0 dBi gain. Both the proposed antennas are fabricated on a FR-4 epoxy substrate and show a minimum level of cross-polarization radiations.

Study and Design of Single and Double Layer Square Patch Antennas for UWB Applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (14) ◽  
pp. 1950233
Author(s):  
Soufian Lakrit ◽  
Hassan Ammor ◽  
Soufiane Matah ◽  
Jaouad Terhzaz ◽  
Abdelouahd Tribak
Keyword(s):  
Double Layer ◽  
Malignant Tumors ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
High Frequency Structure Simulator ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antennas ◽  
Directional Radiation ◽  
Uwb Applications

This paper presents the design of Single and Double Layer microstrip patch antennas for ultra-wideband applications. This structure consists of a square patch with a partial ground plane, fed by a 50[Formula: see text][Formula: see text] microstrip line. This antenna is designed for a system to detect malignant tumors by microwave imaging. Prototypes of the two antennas are fabricated and tested with a network analyzer. The proposed antenna can achieve an ultra-wide bandwidth with VSWR[Formula: see text]2 from 3.82[Formula: see text]GHz to 11.72[Formula: see text]GHz for single layer antenna and from 3.2[Formula: see text]GHz to 10.95[Formula: see text]GHz for double layer antenna, with stable and bi-directional radiation pattern. The gain is good and has a peak value of 6.5[Formula: see text]dBi. The simulation of this antenna has been performed using Ansoft High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) and Computer Simulation Technology-Microwave Studio (CST).

scholarly journals A Review on the Contemporary Research on Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.15) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Manee Sangaran Diagarajan ◽  
Agileswari Ramasamy ◽  
Norashidah Bt. Md Din ◽  
Praveen Naidu Vummadisetty
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Radio Frequency ◽  
Power Management ◽  
Schottky Diodes ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
Radio Frequency Energy ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antennas ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Low Power Wireless Networks

Radio Frequency harvesting has recently become one of the alternate approaches to power up low power wireless networks. This evolving technology opens the gate for positive energy renewal for wireless components. This paper presents a comprehensive review which includes all the important components in a RF energy harvesting system which are microstrip patch antennas, rectifier modules and power management modules. Different types of microstrip patch antennas and its designs and outputs are discussed. Rectifier modules with Schottky diodes operating under two different frequency bands are also compared and discussed. In addition, different methods of available power management circuits with different methods are also deliberated in this paper. This review also explores various key design issues and envisions some open research directions.  

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