Designing cavity-enclosed microstrip antenna for gain enhancement

Author

Anuar, N. H Khairul ; Ali, M.T. ; Anuar, S.H. ; Subahri, S. ; Ya´acob, N.

Author_Institution

Microwave Technol. Center (MTC), Univ. Technol. Mara (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

16-17 July 2012

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

63

Abstract

The antenna has been designed to observe and analyze the effect of the addition of perfect electric conductive (PEC) cavity-enclosed to a rectangular microstrip antenna. The calculated parameters have been optimized using Computer Simulation Technology (CST) software. The design prototype has been fabricated and the output was measured using Vector Network Analyzer (VNA). The simulated and measured results are then compared. It is observed that the gain is improved when PEC cavity is added to the microstrip antenna.

Keywords

amplification; microstrip antennas; PEC cavity-enclosed; VNA; computer simulation technology software; designing cavity-enclosed microstrip antenna; gain enhancement; perfect electric conductive; rectangular microstrip antenna; vector network analyzer; Antenna measurements; Cavity resonators; Gain; Loss measurement; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Substrates; CST; Cavity-enclosed; gain; microstrip antenna; return loss;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and System Graduate Research Colloquium (ICSGRC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Shah Alam, Selangor

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2035-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSGRC.2012.6287136

Filename

6287136