INTRODUCTION

an antenna is a type of a transducer that

convert
electrical
energy
into
electromagnetic energy and vice versa.
They are required by any radio receiver
or transmitter, to couple its connection to
the electromagnetic field.

Aim
To design and simulate micro strip patch
antenna using HFSS software
Objectives
To study the micro strip patch antenna
Come up with design parameters for the
antenna

Antenna parameters
An antenna is characterized by the following
parameters

Directivity
Power gain
Radiation pattern
Polarization

A Micro-strip patch antenna consists of a radiating

patch on one side of a dielectric substrate which has
a ground plane on the other side.
Advantages
Light weight
Comfortable
Planar
Ease of fabrication
Ease of integration with microwave
circuits

Disadvantages:
Low efficiency
Low power only
High Q factor (so bandwidth will be
low)
Poor polarization
Few spurious effects at feeding and
edges

Parameters of a micro strip antenna

L = Length of the Micro-strip Patch

Element
W = Width of the Micro-strip Patch
Element
t= Thickness of Patch
h = Height of the Dielectric Substrate.

 The patch acts approximately as a resonant

cavity (short circuit walls on top and bottom,
open-circuit walls on the sides).
In a cavity, only certain modes are allowed to
exist, at different resonant frequencies.
If the antenna is excited at a resonant frequency,
a strong field is set up inside the cavity, and a
strong current on the (bottom) surface of the
patch. This produces significant radiation (a good
antenna).

Design specifications
Dielectric constant(r)= 8.3
Frequency (fr) = 1.5 GHz
Height (h) = 0.003

oh0.05 o

Velocity of light (c) = 310^8 ms-1 .

Practical width (W) = W< o , , where o is the freespace wavelength
Practical Length (L) = 0.3333o< L < 0.5 o

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FREQUENCY

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