Defected ground structure (DGS)-integrated rectangular microstrip patch for improved polarisation purity with wide impedance bandwidth

Defected ground structure (DGS)-integrated rectangular microstrip patch has been experimentally investigated with an aim to improve polarisation purity in radiated fields. Width to length ratio (aspect ratio) of a patch attributes different characteristic features. Therefore present experimental studies have been executed for four different aspect ratio values like 1.6, 1.3, 1.0 and 0.8. Folded defects have been employed in H-plane. Possibility of achieving high polarisation purity (over 25 dB isolation between co- to cross-polarised fields) with improved impedance bandwidth has been demonstrated. The variation in XP fields as a function of the patch aspect ratio has been investigated and a strong physical insight into the modal fields with and without DGS has been developed.