Air gap aperture coupled stacked patch antenna for dual-band

Microstrip antennas (MAS) are very useful antenna where low profile antennas are required. They are most popular due to their small size, low cost, light weight. The first aperture coupled microstrip antenna was introduced in 1985 by D M Pozar. Aperture coupled antenna is a particular antenna with high gain and wide bandwidth. This paper presents aperture coupled stacked patch antenna using air gap variation. The variation of air gap [2mm to 6mm] has been done between single patch antenna and an aperture coupled antenna. The main advantage of this antenna to increase the band width of the antenna as compared with single layered patch antenna. The resonant frequencies changes with air gap variations. The feed can be done either a conventional coaxial probe or through a coupling aperture in the ground plane as we done. This antenna works well in the frequency range (2.9 GHz to 6.0 GHz). The measured return loss exhibit an impedance bandwidth of 35%.The input impedance and VSWR return loss have been measured with the help of Network analyzer. [Agilent E8363B A.04.06] From the measured result it is found that the value of VSWR corresponding lower resonance frequencies increases from 14 to 2.2 with increasing air gap variation where as at the upper resonance frequencies is also increased from 1.8 to 2.3.