TITLE:
Design of a High-Gain 2 × 1 Array Antenna for S-Band Applications
AUTHORS:
Md. Imran Hossain, Md. Ariful Islam, Md. Tofail Ahmed, Md. Humaun Kabir
KEYWORDS:
Microstrip Patch Antenna, Array Antenna, Microstrip Feed, Rectangular Patch, Gain, Efficiency, Directivity, ADS
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Engineering and Technology,
Vol.11 No.2,
May
12,
2023
ABSTRACT: Antennas are an indispensable element in wireless networks. For long-distancewireless communication, antenna gains need to be very strong (highly directive) because the signal from the antenna loses a lot of strength as it travels over long distances. This is true in the military with missile, radar, and satellite systems, etc. Antenna arrays are commonly employed to focus electromagnetic waves in a certain direction that cannot be achieved perfectly with a single-element antenna. The goal of this study is to design a rectangular microstrip high-gain 2 × 1 array antenna using ADS Momentum. This microstrip patch array design makes use of the RT-DUROID 5880 as a substrate with a dielectric constant of 2.2, substrate height of 1.588 mm, and tangent loss of 0.001. To achieve efficient gain and return loss characteristics for the proposed array antenna, RT-Duroid is a good choice of dielectric material. The designed array antenna is made up of two rectangular patches, which have a resonance frequency of 3.3 GHz. These rectangular patches are excited by microstrip feed lines with 13 mm lengths and 4.8 mm widths. The impedance of the patches is perfectly matched by these transmission lines, which helps to get better antenna characteristics. At a resonance frequency of 3.3 GHz, the suggested antenna array has a directivity of 10.50 dB and a maximum gain of 9.90 dB in the S-band. The S parameters, 3D radiation pattern, directivity, gain, and efficiency of the constructed array antenna are all available in ADS Momentum.