Optimal design of wideband microstrip arrays with high aperture efficiency on FR4 substrate

Author

Ma, Zhongkun ; Vandenbosch, Guy A E

Author_Institution

Dept. Elektrotech., Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

2924

Lastpage

2927

Abstract

Two novel two-dimensional wideband arrays of microstrip E shaped patches are designed for use in a 10 % frequency range around the 2.45 GHz ISM band. The main design criterion was a combination of this bandwidth with an aperture efficiency as high as possible, since this allows to minimize occupied space. The design is based on a Method of Moments algorithm in combination with a Particle Swarm Optimization. CST MW Studio was employed for validation purposes. A very good agreement was achieved between simulated results. The maximum simulated aperture efficiency of the last array is 84 %, which is considerably higher than what has been reported up to now in literature for wideband microstrip arrays.

Keywords

aperture antennas; broadband antennas; method of moments; microstrip antenna arrays; particle swarm optimisation; 2D wideband microstrip array; CST MW Studio; FR4 substrate; ISM band; aperture efficiency; frequency 2.45 GHz; method of moment; microstrip E shaped patch; optimal design; particle swarm optimization; Apertures; Bandwidth; Microstrip; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microwave antenna arrays; Prototypes; Antenna array; Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN); aperture efficiency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6205995

Filename

6205995