Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Control and System Graduate Research Colloquium (ICSGRC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Shah Alam, Selangor
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2035-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSGRC.2012.6287136
