Miniature dual

band microstrip
antenna
Designing of miniature dual band
microstrip antenna for WLAN
applications
Mentor :- Dr. Anil Dubey

Presented By :-

Jens Martensson
Pratyncha Prachi
Riya Chaudhary
Riya Sinha
(B.Tech 4th Year ECE)

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 PROJECT OBJECTIVE
1.To. design two new dual-frequency
microstrip antennas with the use of
electromagnetic simulation software—
High Frequency Structure Simulator

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(HFSS).

2. The two designed antennas have a

higher gain and a favourable
transmission characteristic in the
operating band, which is in accordance
with the requirements of
WLAN communication under more
complicated conditions. 3
 SOFTWARE USED

 HFSS Simulation Software

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The HFSS is industry standard software
made to simulate 3-D full-wave
electromagnetic fields. The HFSS features
gold-standard accuracy, and advanced
solver and high-performance computing
technology, making it ideal for designing
high-frequency and high-speed electronics
found in communication systems, radar
systems, satellites, smart phones, and
tablet devices.
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 Design overview
Antenna Designing Concept
 The two antennas adopt ordinary FR4 material as a dielectric substrate, with the advantages of low cost
and small size.

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 The first antenna adopts microstrip line feeding, and the antenna radiation patch is composed of a
folded T-shaped radiating dipole which reduces the antenna size, and two symmetrical rectangular
patches located on both sides of the T-shaped radiating patch.
 The second antenna is a microstrip patch antenna fed by coaxial line, and the size of the antenna is
diminished by opening a stepped groove on the two edges of the patch and a folded slot inside the
patch.

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 DESIGN THEORY

1. Introduction to Microstrip Antennas

 A microstrip antenna is a resonant radiator, whose radiation patch

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radiation field is produced by the electromagnetic
field of mutual-motivation between the upper
radiation patch edges of microstrip antenna and the
dielectric substrates
grounding plate, and constantly radiates out
electromagnetic waves through the gap between
them . The parameters of the antenna are the
measure of the quality of the antenna.
 The microstrip antenna designed in this project will
mainly study the bandwidth and the gain.

ground planes

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 Design of miniaturized dual band broadband
antennas

 This part designs a broadband dual-frequency printed

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monopole antenna for WLAN, which works in two frequency
bands of 2.4 GHz–2.52 GHz and 4.5 GHz–7.5 GHz, covering 2.4
GHz, 5.2 GHz and 5.8 GHz, three working frequencies of
WLAN. The gain of 4.4 dB, 4.1 dB and 5 dB are obtained in the
maximum radiation direction of the three frequency bands,
respectively.

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 L5

L6
Antenna Structure Design
L4
L3 The structure chart of printed monopole
antenna is presented. The antenna is
printed on the FR4 antenna substrate with a
relative dielectric constant of 4.4. The size
L2 of the substrate is Ws × Ls, the thickness is

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1.6 mm. The ground plane of the antenna is
Ls printed on the back ground of substrate,
L1 whose length and width are represented by
Lg and Ws, respectively. In addition, the
main part of the antenna is printed on the
Lg
front of the substrate. The antenna is fed by
Lf a microstrip line with a characteristic
impedance of 50 Ω, and the size of
microstrip line is Wf × Lf. The radiating
element of the antenna is composed of two
rectangular patches and a T-shaped folded
Wf patch.
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RESULTANT GRAPHS

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Figure 1. Parameter S11 of the antenna.
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Figure 2. VSWR curve of the antenna.
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Figure 3. Input impedance curve of the
antenna 11
 The S11 parameter curve of the antenna is shown in Figure 1. The
antenna works in the two frequency bands of 4.5 GHz–7.5 GHz and
2.4 GHz–2.52 GHz, the impedance bandwidth reaches 3 GHz and 120
MHz, respectively, covering the 2.4 GHz, 5.2 GHz and 5.8 GHz three

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operating frequency bands of WLAN. In addition, the working
broadband is realized. Figure 2 shows the Voltage Standing Wave
Ratio (VSWR) of antenna, and it can be inferred that the values of the
standing wave ratio are less than two and the antenna has good
transmission characteristics. Figure 3 depicts the input impedance of
the antenna. The input impedance in the passband is about 50 Ω,
and the antenna can be well matched with the microstrip feeder.
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 Figure. The gain curve of the antenna

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Gain

Figure 12 shows the gain of the antenna.

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As shown in the chart, the gain of the 6

antenna in the 2.4–2.5 GHz band can

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reach 4–5 dB, and the gain in the 5 GHz
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band can reach more than 4 dB. The 2

antenna realizes the miniaturization and

achieves a higher gain antenna patterns 0

in the 2.45 GHz, 5.2 GHz and 5.8 GHz. -2

The E plane graph is “∞” shaped, and

the H plane graph is circular, which -4

indicates that the antenna has -6

outstanding omnidirectional
characteristics.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Freq(GHz)

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RADIATION PATTERN OF ANTENNA

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Figure 4. Antenna pattern (a) 2.45 GHz; (b) 5.2 GHz; (c) 5.8 GHz

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 Improved Antenna Structure Design
In order to eliminate the third frequency point, we now improve the antenna structure .The
antenna structure is shown in Figure . The antenna is printed on a square FR4 substrate, the
thickness and length of which are 1.6 mm and Ls, respectively.

0 10

-5 8

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-10 6

-15 4

-20 2

-25 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Freq(GHz)
Freq(GHz)

Figure S11 parameter curve of the Figure VSWR curve of the improved
improved antenna. antenna.

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 Figure. The directional pattern of the improved
antenna (a) 2.43 GHz; (b) 5.2 GHz.

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Figure shown illustrates the directional pattern of the antenna at the far field. It can be seen
that the directional pattern of the antenna is better in the 2.43 GHz, but it becomes
16 worse in
the 5.2 GHz.
The gain of the improved antenna (a) 2.43 GHz; (b) 5.2 GHz.

4.33 5

4.32 4

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4.31 3

4.30 2

4.29
1

4.28
0
2.38 2.40 2.42 2.44 2.46 2.48 2.50
5.20 5.25 5.30 5.35 5.40
Freq(GHz)
Freq(GHz)

Figure shown is the gain of the antenna. The gain is greater

than zero in the working band of the antenna, and the gain can
achieve 4 dB in most of the frequency bands. In addition, the
size of the antenna is 25 × 25 mm, which realizes the
miniaturization of the antenna, and ensures the antenna gain,
so that it has excellent performance.
 CONCLUSION
In this project, two dual-band antennas according to the demand of WLAN for multi
frequency communication are designed. One of them is a dual-band printed monopole

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antenna, which operates in two frequency bands of 2.4 GHz–2.52 GHz and 4.5 GHz–7.5 GHz,
and the impedance bandwidth reaches 120 MHz and 3 GHz, respectively, covering 2.4 GHz,
5.2 GHz and 5.8 GHz—three working frequency bands of WLAN. In addition, the gain of the
antenna is greater than 4 dB, and the volume of this antenna is only 16 × 29 × 1.6 mm3,
implementing the miniaturization of the antenna. The second antenna is a dual-band
microstrip antenna, which works in two frequency bands of 2.4 GHz–2.46 GHz and 5.16 GHz–
5.4 GHz, and realizes the miniaturization and dual-band operation by adopting the slotting
technology. The two designed antennas have a higher gain and a favourable transmission
characteristic in the operating band, which is in accordance with the requirements of WLAN
communication under more complicated conditions

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Thank
You