3.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter explains the methods to improve the directivity, and bandwidth of microstrip antenna array, using EBG structures and the FSS as a superstrate layer. This chapter also details the concept, principles of operation and the geometries of the unit cell of various EBG structures used, along with the microstrip antenna array configuration. Using the Multiconductor Transmi...

This paper presents air gap aperture coupled microstrip antenna for dual-band operation over the frequency range of (2.9 to 6.0 GHz). This antenna differs from any other microstrip antenna with their feeding structure of the radiating patch element. Input signal couples to the radiating patch trough the aperture that exists on the ground plane of microstrip feed line. The dual-band achieved by ...

Fractal geometries are found attractive to designers seeking for compact size microwave circuits and antennas. In this paper, Peano fractal based open-loop resonators are adopted to design dual-band microstrip band-stop filters (PSFs). The suggested filter structure is essentially based on that of the conventional open-loop rectangular microstrip resonators. The resonators of the proposed PSF s...

In our paper, an inset-fed microstrip patch antenna has been designed and the dependency of resonant frequency on the notch gap and the feed line geometry has been studied. Our study suggests that a narrower notch resulted in better impedance matching. A design rule has also been formulated and presented the performance of the proposed design. Key-Words: Inset-fed, microstrip antenna

⎯ This paper is dedicated to simulate a rectangular patch antenna by using the software HFSS. Microstrip or patch antennas are becoming increasingly useful because they can be printed directly onto a circuit board. Microstrip antennas are becoming very widespread within the mobile phone market. Patch antennas are low cost, have a low profile and are easily fabricated.

A multiband microstrip antenna is proposed in this paper. By using a circular slot at the ground plane, the circular radiation at the antenna frequency resonances has been achieved. A patch is designed with a coupled U-shaped line. To gain resonance at the lower frequency, a microstrip line is introduced at the middle of the circular slot. The assessment of the proposed antenna shows good agree...

A dual-band microstrip antenna based on split-ring elements is introduced for WLAN (2.4/5.2 GHz) applications. The proposed split-ring antenna (SRA) has a compact novel design which provides about 2% impedance-bandwidth without a need for additional matching network. Analysis and design of the proposed microstrip antenna is carried out by means of full-wave simulators based on the finite-elemen...

In this paper, we have simulated a single-pin-shorted microstrip line fed three-dielectric-layer (with different permittivity and thickness) rectangular patch microstrip antenna for all those communication systems whose limited antenna size is premium. Low permittivity hard foam has been used as one substrate to achieve wide bandwidth. The simulation of this proposed antenna has been performed ...