Design of Bandwidth Enhanced Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna With Rectangular Slot Using Partial Ground Plane Technique For UWB Applications
Keywords:
Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna, Partial Ground Plane, UWB, Bandwidth, Return Loss, VSWR, Gain.Abstract
In this paper, design of Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna with Rectangular slot is proposed for Ultra
Wide Band Application. . Microstrip feedline of 50Ω characteristic impedance is used to feed the patch. Partial ground
plane technique is used to convert narrow band characteristics of Microstrip Patch antenna into wide band
characteristics. FR-4 Epoxy Dielectric Substrate is used for design having r = 4.4 and having standard thickness of
1.58mm. The design was optimized by using CST Microwave Studio TM 2011 software to obtain most suitable
configuration in terms of desired value of Return Loss, VSWR and Bandwidth for antenna.