Broadband and high gain multilayer multiresonator elliptical microstrip antenna

Abstract

In this study, a low cost, broadband and high gain multilayer multiresonator microstrip antenna (MSA) is designed. It consists of one metallic fed patch at the bottom layer and two circular patches (1B2 T) are printed on the bottom side of the top FR4 substrate layer, which is air suspended. Two configurations with the bottom patch of circular and elliptical shapes are compared. The elliptical 1B2 T MSA provides better bandwidth (BW), i.e. 53.4% with peak gain of 9.8 dBi. The antenna design parameters are selected to provide maximum BW with uniform gain. The elliptical 1B2 T MSA is further enclosed in a metallic cavity, which improves the BW, gain and front to back (F/B) ratio of the antenna. The elliptical 1B2 T MSA with cavity enclosure is fabricated and tested. Experimental results are in agreement with simulated ones. The elliptical 1B2 T MSA with cavity provides 55.7% BW with peak gain of 12.1 dBi and F/B of >18 dB. The proposed antenna can be used in GPS, 2G, 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi frequency bands applications.