Open AccessThe use of edge cut on microstrip antenna patch with the modified partial ground plane for bandwidth enhancement
Author(s) -
Ritin Fernandez,
F. Ra’id,
Hanalde Andre,
Baharuddin Baharuddin,
Firdaus Firdaus
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1041/1/012017
Subject(s) - patch antenna , microstrip antenna , antenna factor , coaxial antenna , radiation pattern , ground plane , acoustics , monopole antenna , antenna efficiency , antenna measurement , materials science , return loss , antenna (radio) , optics , physics , telecommunications , computer science
This research proposes the use of edge cut on the antenna patch with a modified partial ground plane to overcome the inherent characteristic of the microstrip antenna, which is narrowband. The antenna has to cover all of the LTE frequency bands, which is from 0.824 – 2.4 GHz. FR4 epoxy with a dielectric constant of 4.4 and a thickness of 1.67 mm is used as a substrate for the antenna. The proposed antenna is simulated by an EM Simulator. The simulated results show that the return loss of -18.82 dB and the VSWR of 1.25. These parameters confirms that the antenna is well-matched along with the LTE bands. This wideband antenna has a directional radiation pattern with a maximum gain of 4.65 dB.