Design of Dual-Band Microstrip Antenna with
U-shaped slot

Fath Elrahman I. Khalifa; Ahmed A. Ibrahim; Mamdouh Z. Ibrahim; Mohamed M. Fathalrahman; Muayad A. Alhassan

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V55P208

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Volume 55 | Number 1 | Year 2018 | Article Id. IJETT-V55P208 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V55P208

Design of Dual-Band Microstrip Antenna with U-shaped slot

Fath Elrahman I. Khalifa, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Mamdouh Z. Ibrahim, Mohamed M. Fathalrahman, Muayad A. Alhassan

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Fath Elrahman I. Khalifa, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Mamdouh Z. Ibrahim, Mohamed M. Fathalrahman, Muayad A. Alhassan, "Design of Dual-Band Microstrip Antenna with U-shaped slot," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 35-40, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V55P208

Abstract

In some applications it is required to have dual band characteristics instead of single band. This characteristic can be obtained by embedding a U-slot in the patch and hence the radiating patch includes a pair of step-slots. In this paper, we propose a dual-band microstrip patch antenna with u-shaped slot fed by coaxial feeding technique. The proposed antenna is designed, simulated and optimized using Ansoft HFSS Vs 13. The simulation results are presented in terms of return loss, VSWR, input impedance, Gain and radiation pattern. The dimensions are optimized to achieve the exact operating frequencies using resonating frequency control mechanism. The results showed that the U-shaped slot microstrip antenna is efficiently operated at 2.4 GHZ and 4.6 GHZ resonant frequencies for WLAN applications.

Keywords

Microstrip, patch antenna, WLAN, Ansoft HFSS

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