Broadband dual frequency hexagonal microstrip antenna for modern communication systems

Author

Dubey, Manoj ; Bhatnagar, D. ; Saxena, V.K. ; Saini, J.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India

fYear

2009

fDate

22-24 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

303

Lastpage

306

Abstract

The paper presents the radiation performance of a dual frequency broadband hexagonal microstrip antenna. The simulation of hexagonal antenna designed on glass epoxy FR-4 substrate with appropriate dimensions is carried out using IE3D simulator. The optimization of side lengths and angles of hexagonal geometry is carried out to achieve much improved bandwidth (10.2%) and dual frequency performance. In the range of frequency where antenna is displaying broadband performance, the directivity, gain and efficiency are almost constant. The radiation patterns obtained at five frequencies within this frequency range provides identical shape with direction of maximum intensity normal to the patch geometry. The performance of this antenna is compared with that of a rectangular patch antenna.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; microstrip antennas; mobile communication; multifrequency antennas; IE3D simulator; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antenna; dual frequency performance; glass epoxy FR-4 substrate; hexagonal microstrip antenna; modern communication system; rectangular patch antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Frequency; Geometry; Glass; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Performance gain; Shape; Microstrip antenna; broadband; dual frequency; gain; return loss;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Trends in Electronic and Photonic Devices & Systems, 2009. ELECTRO '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Varanasi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4846-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ELECTRO.2009.5441111

Filename

5441111