Design, fabrication, and performance analysis of corporate feed filtenna array using complementary split ring resonators

Abstract

AbstractThis paper presents the design of a unique “corporate feed‐microstrip filtenna array” to be used as “radiating antenna” of a wireless system. The filtenna is a basic patch antenna fed by 50 Ohms microstrip line, loaded with complementary split ring resonators (CSRRs). When the basic patch antenna is made to resonate at 1.8 GHz, it also introduces unwanted spurious radiations appear at 2.82 and 3.46 GHz. Hence, the array of CSRR consisting of five non‐identical CSRRs are loaded, offers the required wideband rejection characteristic, solving the problem of the basic patch antenna. The five CSRRs resonate at 1.97, 2.43, 2.9, 3.28, and 3.72 GHz, offering an overall rejection band from 2 to 4 GHz is obtained. Incidentally there is a signal attenuation introduced by the passive CSRR filter. To compensate the attenuation, an array of filtenna is designed, using corporate feed configuration. The patch antenna, CSRR filter and filtenna are designed and fabricated on an epoxy flame retardant glass substrate (FR4) having a thickness 'h' of 1.6 mm, dielectric constant 'εr' of 4.4 and loss tangent (tan δ) of 0.02. The simulations are carried out using the HFSS software. The performance of the overall receiving filtenna system, having the size of 13.37 cm × 11.94 cm, is satisfactory. Experiments are carried out using vector network analyzer, verifying the software results. This unique radiating antenna exhibits acceptable gain and noise free reception, much required by upcoming 4G/5G wireless applications, rectenna and medical sensor applications.