Errifi, Hayat Hassan II University of Mohammedia - Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of Mohammedia - Department of electrical engineering, EEA TI laboratory, Morocco , Baghdad, Abdennaceur Hassan II University of Mohammedia - Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of Mohammedia - Department of electrical engineering, EEA TI laboratory, Morocco , Badri, Abdelmajid Hassan II University of Mohammedia - Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of Mohammedia - Department of electrical engineering, EEA TI laboratory, Morocco , Sahel, Aicha Hassan II University of Mohammedia - Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of Mohammedia - Department of electrical engineering, EEA TI laboratory, Morocco

Design of High Directive Inset Feed Microstrip Triangular Patch Antenna with Dielectric Superstrate

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the subject of enhancing microstrip patch antennas directivity, using either a frequency selective surface (FSS) or a double-negative (DNG) metamaterial slab, has been investigated by a number of researchers in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to show that we can also achieve the same goal by using a much simpler design for the superstrate, namely a dielectric slab. In this paper, we study the influence of dielectric superstrate on the performances of inset feed triangular patch antenna. This dielectric layer is disposed above the patch and both are separated by the air. The return loss, radiation pattern, directivity and VSWR are studied using HFSS software. The simulation results show that the gain, directivity and S11 parameter of the antenna with dielectric superstrate are increased significantly at X band (8-12GHz). Compared with the conventional patch antenna with the same size but without superstrate, the performance of the proposed antenna is improved obviously.

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Patch antenna , HFSS , Dielectric slab , Return Loss , Gain , and Directivity

Mediterranean Telecommunications Journal

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