Slotted Circular Microstrip Patch Antenna with Reduced Ground Plane for S, E, G, X and Ku-Band Applications
Apleen Kaur1, Jaswinder Kaur2

1Apleen Kaur, Student, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala (Punjab), India.
2Dr. Jaswinder Kaur, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala (Punjab), India.

Manuscript received on 01 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 15 May 2019 | Manuscript published on 30 May 2019 | PP: 145-148 | Volume-8 Issue-7, May 2019 | Retrieval Number: F3938048619/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: This paper proposes a novel slotted circular microstrip patch antenna with reduced ground plane for covering a wide variety of applications such as S, E, G, X and Ku-band. The overall size of the suggested antenna is 30 X 30 mm2 . The main objective of this study is to utilize the reduced ground plane technique for obtaining a dual band behavior with wide bandwidth of the suggested antenna design. Further, a rectangular slot is cut in the circular patch to cover lower frequency bands (S, E and G) with appreciable return loss and increase of impedance bandwidth for the upper band (X and Ku). Excitation is provided to the antenna through a microstrip feed line. The antenna was simulated employing Computer Simulation Technology Microwave Studio Version 16.0 (CST MWS V16.0) software that is supported by a technique of finite integration. The design process, parametric study, simulation results along with measurements for the proposed microstrip patch antenna (MPA) operating over a number of frequency bands simultaneously are presented and discussed.
Keyword: Reduced Ground Plane, Microstrip Patch Antenna, Radiation Pattern, VSWR, VNA, S, E, G, X and Ku-Band Applications.
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