Summary
International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
2006
Session Number:3C1b
Session:
Number:3C1b-1
Compact Rectangular Microstrip Antenna with Open End Meandering Slots in the Ground Plane for Bandwidth Enhancement
Usha Kiran K., R. M. Vani, Ravi M. Yadahalli, P. V. Hunagund, Sara F. Farida,
pp.1-4
Publication Date:2006/11/2
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
In this paper, a compact rectangular microstrip antenna with open end meandering slots in the ground plane for bandwidth enhancement is presented. The design consists of three identical narrow open end meandering slots embedded in the antenna’s ground plane parallel to the radiating edge of the rectangular patch. Experimental study was carried out by varying the length of open end slots. Using open end meandering slots in the groundplane, the lower frequency of the antenna has been greatly lowered having large enhancement in bandwidth. With the proposed design, when compared to standard rectangular microstrip antenna without slots, an extreme reduction of 83% in the antenna size is obtained with a broad bandwidth of 38.3% (-10 dB return loss).