"

Cookies ussage consent

Our site saves small pieces of text information (cookies) on your device in order to deliver better content and for statistical purposes. You can disable the usage of cookies by changing the settings of your browser. By browsing our site without changing the browser settings you grant us permission to store that information on your device.

A compact monopole antenna with improved bandwidth for Ku band applications

M. M. ISLAM1, M. T. ISLAM2, M. SAMSUZZAMAN2,* , M. R. I. FARUQUE1

Affiliation

  1. Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
  2. Deparment of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor Malaysia

Abstract

A compact monopole antenna has been presented with improved bandwidth for Ku-band applications. The proposed Ku-band antenna is made of rectangular slots and circular slots on the ground and the patch, respectively, by a microstrip line of 50 Ω. It is designed on a printed circuit board of 15 mm × 15 mm× 1.6 mm using FR4 as a substrate material. High Frequency Structural Simulator (HFSS) is commercially available, which has been considered in this study depending on the concept of the Finite Element Method (FEM). 2.70 GHz (14.10 GHz to 16.80 GHz) is the achieved bandwidth of the proposed Ku-band antenna. The average gain is 3.66 dBi where 3.94 dBi is the maximum gain. The proposed Ku-band patch antenna exhibits smooth current distribution and durable nearly Omni-directional radiation patterns..

Keywords

Finite element method, Ku-band, Microstrip antenna, Microstrip line.

Citation

M. M. ISLAM, M. T. ISLAM, M. SAMSUZZAMAN, M. R. I. FARUQUE, A compact monopole antenna with improved bandwidth for Ku band applications, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 5-6, May-June 2015, pp.831-835 (2015).

Submitted at: Jan. 19, 2015

Accepted at: May 7, 2015