Electronics 7th

Wave Propagation & Antennas (TE-332)

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LAB EXPERIMENT NO.20

Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna Design

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Student 2 Name: Roll No:

Student 3 Name: Roll No:

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Marks: Student 1 ________________, Student 2 _________________, Student 3 ______________

OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this lab to get introduced and familiarized with the Microstrip Antenna and its
Design using software HFSS.

Microstrip Line:
Microstrip is a type of electrical transmission line which can be fabricated using printed circuit board
technology, and is used to convey microwave-frequency signals. It consists of a conducting strip
separated from a ground plane by a dielectric layer known as the substrate.

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Where λg is the guided wavelength and λo is the free space wavelength.

Characteristic impedance Zo of microstrip line is related to its width W.
Relation is empirically represented by the synthesis equation.
For W/d < 2

For W/d >=2

Where,

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W1 is the width of feed line. Feed line is of 50 ohms. So W1 is set by using Zo=50 ohms in
respective equations. W2 is the width of the patch and it is adjusted to set the resonant frequency.

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Creating Rectangular Patch Resonating at 7.5GHz

1) Substrate

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2) Feed Line

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3) Patch

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Assign thickness of 0.05mm to the sheet. Then assign material copper.

4) Ground Plane

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Assign thickness of -0.05mm to the sheet and assign material as copper.

5) Assign Excitation

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6) Assign Boundary

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7) Analysis Setup
To create an analysis setup, select the menu item HFSS > Analysis Setup >Add Solution Setup.
In the Solution Setup window, click the general tab, Solution frequency is 7.5 GHz, Maximum
Number of Passes is 6 and Maximum Delta S per Pass is 0.02.

8) Add Frequency Sweep

To add a frequency sweep, select the menu item HFSS > Analysis Setup >Add Sweep. Select
Solution Setup: Setup1. Click OK button. Then Edit Sweep Window. Sweep Type: Fast,
Frequency Setup Type: Linear Step, start: 7 GHz, Stop: 8 GHz, Step size:0.001 GHz. Click OK
button.

9) Model Validation & Analyze

HFSS > Validation Check
HFSS > Analyze
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10. Create Reports

HFSS > Results > Create Modal Solution Data Report > Rectangular

Plots.
Select Category as S-parameters, Quantity S11 and Function dB
Resonant Frequency = 7.505GHz
-10dB Bandwidth = 173.8 MHz

Exercises:
1. Change the position of the feeding line and observe the effect on the results.
2. Follow the same procedure to design a rectangular patch antenna resonating at 6.5 GHz .

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