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2013-03-07
Broadband Modified Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna Using Stepped Cut at Four Corners Method
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 137, 599-619, 2013
Abstract
In this paper, a new method that called the ``Stepped Cut at Four Corners'' is introduced to design a multi-mode/broadband modified rectangular microstrip patch antennas (MRMPAs). In order to become acquainted with the new method, the design process of a monopole broadband MRMPA suitable for multifunctional wireless communication bands is explained. The methodology of the proposed broadband MRMPA design is presented in six stages. The first stage is designing a single-mode RMPA. Subsequently, by creating a step at the corners using the proposed method a dual-mode antenna is obtained at the second stage, while the triple-mode and multi-mode antennas are designed, at the third and fourth stages respectively. Two types of broadband antennas are obtained, the stepped line and straight line antennas. By increasing the number of steps, the antenna's operating bandwidth (BW), with return loss less than −10 dB, covers the frequency range from 900 MHz to 2.6 GHZ, which is suitable for GSM (900 MHz and 1.5 GHz), WiFi (2.4 GHz) and LTE (2.6 GHz) applications. In addition, the antenna prototype has been fabricated and measured in the all stages, in order to validate the simulation results, and there is a close agreement between the simulated and measured results.
Citation
Alireza Moradi, and Tharek Bin Abdul Rahman, "Broadband Modified Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna Using Stepped Cut at Four Corners Method," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 137, 599-619, 2013.
doi:10.2528/PIER13011714
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