Size reduction technique for microstrip patch antenna
J. S. MANDEEP1,1,*
Affiliation
- Department of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600UKM, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Abstract
A compact microstrip patch antenna for 5 GHz is proposed. It presents the very small size at resonance (5 GHz), which represents a surface reduction of 60% compared with a conventional microstrip patch antenna. The branch line coupler is used for 900 phase shift between two vertical feed and equal power coupling. The proposed antenna exhibits a gain of 5.1 dBi to 5.5 dBi for E-plane in the range of its bandwidth, which is 60 MHz.
Keywords
Patch antenna, Microstrip, Circular polarization.
Citation
J. S. MANDEEP, Size reduction technique for microstrip patch antenna, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 8, August 2010, pp.1239-1242 (2010).
Submitted at: July 16, 2010
Accepted at: Aug. 12, 2010