Elliptical Microstrip Patch Antenna Research Articles

Elliptical Patch Microstrip Antenna for Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Applications

In the wireless communication applications, widespread usage of microstrip patch antennas due to their advantages such as compactness, easy fabrication and low cost, is pushed forward researchers to develop desired antennas or improve the existing antennas to get desired one. But it is challenging to get desired antennas since microstrip patch antennas have some disadvantages such as low gain and narrow bandwidth. In this work, elliptical patch microstrip antenna is designed for Bluetooth/Wi-Fi applications. The antenna is designed in the form of slotted elliptical patch and defected ground structure method. Defected ground structure method is applied by using rectangular slots with different dimensions in this work. The proposed antenna is modelled using CST MWS software. Return loss, gain and directivity values are -16.45 dB, 1.82 dBi, and 5.81 dBi at 2.45 GHz, respectively. On the other hand, maximum directivity and gain values are 5.86 dBi and 2.06 dBi at 2.4 GHz, respectively. The bandwidth is 63.1 MHz (2.41 GHz – 2.48 GHz) at 2.45 GHz. According to the results, IEEE 802.11 b/g standards are supported by the designed antenna. So, it can be used for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi applications at 2.4 GHz.

Demonstrating Antenna Miniaturisation for Radiolocation Applications using Double Elliptical Patches

Double Elliptical Micro-strip Patch Antenna (DEMPA) is developed out of Double Elliptical Patch (DEP) which is a recently proposed shape of patch. The use of DEP results in higher flexibility in design of patch antenna and thus promotes antenna miniaturisation. The present work is an attempt to demonstrate the miniaturisation of radiolocation antenna through the concept of Design Flexibility (DF). In this paper, optimised neural network model for synthesis of DEMPA has been developed for radiolocation applications for which the earmarked frequency band is 8.50 GHz – 10.50 GHz. With the help of synthesis model, for an arbitrary operational frequency of 9.85 GHz, radiolocation antennas with effective patch area ranging from 142 mm2 to 66 mm2 were designed by using DEPs. In this case, the percentage reduction in effective patch area was found to be 53.52%. It shows that double elliptical patches can be employed to develop miniaturised radiolocation antennas. One prototype antenna was fabricated and tested to demonstrate the efficacy of the methodology adopted. The fabricated antenna had resonance at 10.15 GHz with a reflection coefficient of -20.73dB and bandwidth of 3.106 GHz (from 7.458 GHz to 10.564 GHz). Its Fractional Bandwidth was 34.469%. Positive and reasonably good gain was maintained over the entire working band. At resonance, the peak gain was 4.22 dB.The measured characteristics of antenna were in close agreement with the simulated results. The methodology presented in this paper can also be applied to frequency bands for other wireless applications.

Frequency Reconfigurable elliptical microstrip patch antenna using resonator, partial removal in the ground, and PIN diode for L and C band applications

In this proposal a frequency reconfigurable elliptical patch antenna is proposed for L and C and application. A PIN diode with resonator is used to get the frequency switching. It has its bandwidths of 2 GHz and 2.5 GHz respectively in L and C bands when diode is OFF and band width of 3.7GHz in C band when diode is ON. The proposed model is simulated using commercial RF tool-HFSS. The substrate used in simulation is economical FR4 with 4.2 dielectric constant value and 1.6mm height having dimensions 40mm X 42mm in which the patch is 20mm X 40mm. The return loss (S11), VSWR, radiation pattern, E and H plane field strengths are obtained and the constructive simulated results mentioned, which are show the switching in frequency operation.

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE DUAL LAYER ELLIPTICAL SHAPE MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA FOR WI-MAX AND WLAN APPLICATIONS

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE DUAL LAYER ELLIPTICAL SHAPE MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA FOR WI-MAX AND WLAN APPLICATIONS

Microstrip Patch Antenna Miniaturization Using Magneto-Dielectric Substrates for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting

A mathematical modelling, and a derivation of the main parameters of the Magneto – Dielectric materials (substrate) and their effect on microstrip patch antenna design is shown. The Magneto – Dielectric materials (substrate) is shown to miniaturize the antenna size and enhance the bandwidth when used in the design of the microstrip patch antenna. The progression of the foundational modelling starts with laying out the concepts of the ferrimagnetic materials in terms of their permeability and permittivity, the components of antenna miniaturization. First, a ground free elliptical microstrip patch antenna (GFDSEPA) is simulated for miniaturization purposes at the 900MHz cellular band. A size reduction of almost 50% as well as bandwidth enhancement (100%) is achieved by utilizing the GFDSEPA. More size reduction is achieved by employing the magneto – dielectric structure; in this case the commercially available Rogers MAGTREX 555 substrate is used. Other performance parameters show comparable results between the antenna simulated based on dielectric only substrate and the one based on magneto–dielectric substrate. A comparison of the main parameters between the results of this work and other results in the literature is shown. The application of the microstrip patch antenna design in energy harvesting, by using a rectifier circuit, is shown. Layout scenarios of the energy harvester are proposed. The proposed layout of the energy harvester ensures practicality of the proposed design and assures correlation between simulation results and experimental results.

Double-Elliptical Micro-Strip Patch Antenna for Higher Design Flexibility and Miniaturization

Micro-Strip Patch Antenna (MSPA) finds large scale applications in various fields of communication. Elliptical shaped patch antenna is a prominent category among MSPAs. Possibility of circular polarization and dual resonant frequencies makes the Elliptical Micro-strip Patch Antenna (EMPA) widely accepted in modern communication devices. The present work aims to identify the constraints in further advancements in the design of EMPA and propose a novel shape to overcome these constraints. Minimizing the patch area and increasing the number of degrees of freedom in design were found to be the challenges. To overcome these challenges, a newly shaped patch called ‘Double-Elliptical Patch (DEP)’ is proposed for designing ‘Double-Elliptical Micro-strip Patch Antenna (DEMPA)’. A double-ellipse is a combination of two half-ellipses either with the same minor axis and different semi-major axes or with the same major axis and different semi-minor axes. The DEP has an additional degree of freedom in design compared to elliptical patch, which leads to greater design flexibility. In the present work, a DEP with the same horizontal major axis and centrally given feed was designed using Ansoft HFSS software. The semi-minor axis of upper half-ellipse was varied by keeping the semi-minor axis of lower half-ellipse a constant. The radiation properties of DEMPA were found to be similar to that of corresponding EMPA and this was achieved with less patch area. The maximum percentage reduction in patch area was 10.714%. The DEMPA covered the entire frequency range of Ultra Wide Band (UWB).

Design Techniques for Elliptical Micro-Strip Patch Antenna and Their Effects on Antenna Performance

Elliptical Micro-strip Patch Antenna (EMPA) has been emerged as a peculiar and significant category among the different shaped micro-strip patch antennas because of its circular polarization and dual-resonant frequency features with a single feed. Elliptical and its derived shapes such as semi-elliptical, half-elliptical, slotted-elliptical and elliptical ring are found to be particularly instrumental for bandwidth enhancement and these antennas find great applications in Ultra Wide Band (UWB) and Super Wide Band (SWB) communications. Compared to antennas with circular or rectangular shapes, the design of EMPA is a research area of high potential as there is higher flexibility in its design due to more degrees of freedom. The reported literature in the field of EMPA is very less and there is ample scope for new researchers to work on. This review paper is an attempt to summarize and critically assess the-state-of-the-art design techniques as reported in literature and understand their effects on performance of elliptical patch antenna for suggesting new research fronts in the field of EMPA.

On the possibility of linear polarization in elliptical microstrip patch antenna

AbstractThis article presents a linearly polarized, coaxial probe‐fed elliptical patch antenna, useful for C‐Band application areas. The suggested patch with an eccentricity of 0.866 is simulated. The prototype is fabricated and subsequent measurements are done. A simple theoretical method is developed to determine resonant frequency, which nearly matches with the simulation and experimental values, by incorporating and equivalently modifying the well‐known formulas of rectangular patch antenna. Some comparisons of experimental results of proposed patch with that of rectangular patch antenna suggest the potentiality of elliptical patch in terms of size, bandwidth, and realized gain at resonant frequency. It can also be suggested, here, that eccentricity and feed position determine the nature of polarization.

Design and Analysis of Broadband Elliptical Microstrip Patch Antenna for Wireless Communication

In this paper presents the design and manufacture of a new broadband elliptical patch antenna with a microstrip feed line and optimum antenna parameters. The antenna dimension of (30×21×1.6) mm3 and fabricated on an FR-4 epoxy substrate having relative dielectric constant e_r=4.3, loss tangent tan (δ) =0.002 and the feed line used has characteristic impedance of 50Ω.The designed antenna has the capability of operating in the bandwidth (6.95 - 30.94) GHz and the gain (6.8) dBi. The antenna performance was modified by inserting a slots in the ground plane to achieve impedance bandwidth (when S11≤ -10dB) and slots to patch to improve the gain. The modified antenna was designed to be used for fifth generation (5G) mobile communication. The simulation results are obtained using CST software.

A Compact Dual Band Elliptical Microstrip Antenna for Ku/K Band Satellite Applications

This paper presents an original elliptical microstrip patch antenna is proposed for Ku/K band satellite applications. The proposed antenna has a simple structure, small size with dimensions of about 10×12×1.58 mm³. The antenna has been designed and simulated on an FR4 substrate with dielectric constant 4.4 and thickness of 1.58 mm. The design is simulated by two different electromagnetic solvers. The results from the measured data show that the antenna has two resonant frequencies that define 2 bandwidths, defined by a return loss of less than -10 dB, and are: (14.44 GHz, 829 MHz) and (21.05 GHz, 5126 MHz),with the gain 5.59 dB and 5.048 dB respectively. The proposed antenna can be used in many applications such as in satellite, and wireless communications.

Multiband Multiple Elliptical Microstrip Patch Antenna with Circular Polarization

In this paper a compact low profile elliptical fractal patch antenna for high gain and multiband is presented which resembles Lorentz fractal shape. By introducing fractal on ellipse patch multiband applications are achieved. With the help of CST Microwave Studio Suite TM the proposed structure has been designed and analyzed. The simulated results are confirmed experimentally. The suggested antenna has a dimension of 40 × 55 mm2 (L × W) and resonant frequencies obtained are 1.7, 3.2, 3.9, 5.9, 7.8, 8.6, 9.7, 11.4 and 12.6 GHz with VSWR ≤ 2. The aerial is assembled on FR-4 (er = 4.4) substrate with thickness of substrate 1.6 mm. This antenna holds applications in many satellite communication transmissions, some Wi-Fi devices, cordless telephones, and weather radar systems.

A Dual Polarized Triple Band Stacked Elliptical Microstrip Patch Antenna for WLAN Applications

In this paper, a single coaxial feed dual polarized triple band stacked microstrip patch antenna for wireless applications is presented. The proposed stacked antenna has two resonating elements with lower layer consisting of a truncated corner square patch and upper layer with an elliptical patch. Both the layers of proposed antenna are printed on RT Duroid® 5880 substrate (having ϵr = 2.2). The antenna shows triple band resonance at 4.2, 4.8 and 5.8 GHz with circular polarization behaviour at the first two resonances and linear polarization characteristic in the third resonance respectively. The typical realized gain of proposed antenna is around 7 dB in all three resonating bands.

Wireless OAM transmission system based on elliptical microstrip patch antenna.

The multiplexing transmission has always been a focus of attention for communication technology. In this paper, the radiation characteristics of circular microstrip patch antenna was firstly analyzed based on cavity model theory, and then spiral beams carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) were generated, using elliptical microstrip patch antenna, with a single feed probe instead of a standard circular patch with two feedpoints. Moreover, by combining the proposed elliptic microstrip patch antenna with Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP), a wireless OAM transmission system was established and the real-time transmission of text, image and video in a real channel environment was realized. Since the wireless OAM transmission has the advantage of good safety and high spectrum utilization efficiency, this work has theoretical significance and potential application.

Ultra Wideband Co-planer Microstrip Patch Antenna for Wireless Applications

In this paper, a comparative study of co-planar gap coupled rectangular and elliptical microstrip patch antenna is presented. It is analyzed by using circuit theory concept. The proposed antennas show ultra wideband operations which depend on dimensions of the patches, gap between them as well as air gap thickness. It is observed that the performance of gap coupled elliptical patch antenna is better than that of rectangular patch antenna while the area of rectangular and elliptical patches is same. The bandwidth of proposed rectangular patch antenna is found to be 50.7 % with average gain of 6.5 dBi while for elliptical patch antenna the bandwidth and gain further improves up to 57.6 % and 9.5 dBi respectively. The theoretical results are in good agreement with the simulated results obtained from IE3D simulation software.

Comments on "Analysis of elliptical microstrip patch antenna considering attachment mode"

For original article by Jung and Seo, see IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol.50, p.888-90 (2002). The paper by Jung and Seo presented a moment method solution of an elliptical patch antenna with emphasis on inclusion of the attachment mode around the probe/patch junction. In this comment, Deshpande points out that very similar work on the elliptical microstrip antenna was published by Bailey and Deshpande (1985), and a comparison is given.

Analysis of elliptical microstrip patch antenna considering attachment mode

This paper presents an analysis of an elliptical microstrip patch antenna for circular polarization using the method of moments (MOM) in conjunction with the reaction integration method. The attachment mode was used to ensure the continuity and the singularity of the currents in the patch-probe conjunction point. Results showed that an elliptical patch can be used to generate circular polarization with one probe feed and attachment mode should be used to obtain the exact impedance when excited by a probe.