Planar microstrip slot antenna for S & C band wireless applications

Abstract

In this paper, compact planar microstrip antennas comprising of broad slots for enhancing various antenna parameters are discussed and presented. The proposed microstrip slot antennas achieved a compactness of maximum 58 % with a peak gain of 7.58 dB. These antennas can be operated for S band applications such as WiMax, operating in the frequency range of 3.3-3.6 GHz, RADAR, WLAN, fixed satellite services and maritime mobile services etc. covering 2-6 GHz frequency range. The antennas can be used as a compact antenna system where limited size is a foremost requirement. Results also show the satisfactory performance with the dual band frequency characteristics. Details of the antenna design structure, results of return loss (RL), impedance bandwidth and radiation pattern with co-cross polarization are also given © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.