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A low profile rectangular patch microstrip antenna for dual-

band operation of wireless communication system

A H Rambe1,* and K Abdillah1

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Department of Electrical Engineering University of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia.

*Email : ali3@usu.ac.id

Abstract. This paper discussed a low profile rectangular patch microstrip antenna
design working on dual-band 1.8 GHz and 2.4 GHz. Dual-band characteristic is
achieved by using inset-feed point and slot size adjustment. The designed antenna
was printed on a FR4 substrate with relative permittivity of 4.4 and a thickness of 1.6
mm with patch size 40 x 29 mm. The measurement results show that the realized
antenna successfully working on dual-band, achieving bandwidth of 45 MHz and 95
MHz, gain of 4.08 dBi and 5.79 dBi for 1.8 GHz and 2.4 GHz subsequently.

1. Introduction
Microstrip antenna (MSA) is widely used in various wireless communication systems. MSA
has advantages such as low volume, light weight, thin profile configuration and can be easy
to make of dual-band [1]. Dual-band antenna is used to streamline devices of two different
wireless communication services. The design and development of RMSA for dual-band are
shown in [2-4]. Many techniques can be used to obtain dual-band of rectangular microstrip
patch antennas such as multi-patch, orthogonal-mode and reactively load [5]. This paper
discussed a low profile rectangular patch microstrip antenna design working on familiar
dual-band of wireless communication system, 1.8 GHz (for mobile communication) and 2.4
GHz (for wireless local area network).

2. Method
Antenna Design
Figure 1 shows the rectangular patch microstrip antenna (RPMSA) configuration that
consists of a radiating patch, dielectric substrate, a feed line and a ground plane.

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Figure 1. The RPMSA configuration

The width (W) and length (L) properties of the rectangular patch antenna are given by
[1][6]:

(1)

(2)

where

(3)

(4)

(5)

Constant c is velocity of light (3x108 m/s), r is the dielectric constant of the substrate, fr
is resonant frequency, h is thickness of the substrate, Leff is the effective patch length, L is
the length extension and reff is the effective dielectric constant of the substrate. FR4
substrate of dimensions 56 x 56 mm2 with a height (h) of 1.6 mm and permittivity (r) of 4.4
is chosen as the dielectric material for the proposed design. From (1) and (2) arectangular
patch is designed to resonant (fr) at 2.44 GHz (center frequency of bands 2.4 GHz – 2.48
GHz). To obtain dual band operation in the same antenna, the position of feeding line and
slot size (inset-feed) is arranged that is discovered by iterating simulation. A RPMSA for 2.4
GHz was designed in [7].The geometry and fabricated antenna is shown in Figure 2.

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56 mm

40 mm
29 mm
56 mm

8 mm

30 mm 2 mm
20 mm

2 mm

(a) (b)
Figure 2. Antenna designed: (a). Geometry of antenna, (b). Fabricated antenna

3. Results and Discussions

The RPMSA design with slot dimension 3x1 mm2has been fabricated and measured using
VNA (vector network analyzer), Anritsu MT8222A. Figure 3 shows comparison between
measured and simulated return loss. Return loss of both frequency band is under –10dB at
both simulated and measured results. The measured VSWR is shown in Figure 4.

Figure 3. Comparison between measured and simulated return loss

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Figure 4. Measured VSWR

VSWR of both frequency band is under VSWR = 2. The RPMSA has operating frekuency at
1.8 GHz and 2.4 GHz. Achieving bandwidth in 1.8 GHz band for VSWR ≤ 2 is shown from
M2 and M1 substraction, which are:
Bandwidth= 1,862 MHz – 1,817 MHz = 45 MHz.
and achieving bandwidth in 2.4 GHz band for VSWR ≤ 2 is shown from M5 and M4
substraction, which are:
Bandwidth = 2,508 MHz – 2,413 MHz = 95 MHz.
Measured normalized radiation pattern for 1.8 GHz and 2.4 GHz band is plotted in Fig. 5. Gain of 1.8
GHz is 4.08 dBi and 2.4 GHz is 5.79 dBi at θ=0°.

(a) (b)

Figure 5. Normalized radiation pattern: (a). 1.8 GHz, (b). 2.4 GHz

4. Conclusion
A low profile rectangular patch microstrip antenna is designed for dual-band operation of
wireless communication system, which operates at 1.8 GHz and 2.4 GHz. The designed can
be improved by array and defected structure ground techniques to widen the bandwidth and
increase the gain.

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5. Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Lembaga Penelitian University of Sumatera Utara, under the
Talenta Research project 2017.

6. References
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[4] Wu Z et al 2016 Dual-Band Antenna Integrating with Rectangular Mushroom-Like Superstrate for
WLAN Applications IEEE Antennas And Wireless Propagation Letters 15
[5] Maci S and Gentili G B 1997 Dual-Frequency Patch Antennas IEEE Antennas and Propagation
Magazine 39(6)
[6] Balanis C A 2005 Antenna Theory : Analysis and Design Canada: Jhon Wiley & Sons
[7] Rambe A H et al 2013 Optimizing Rectangular Patch Antenna with Microstrip Line Feed Using Single
Stub International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology IJERT