Appendix REPORT

Design and development of S- band Circularly Polarized microstrip patch antenna
SECTION 1
BASICS
CHAPTER ONE
ANTENNA PARAMETERS
Dept. of E.C.E., SVCE
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INTRODUCTION
Antenna: By definition, an antenna is a transition device or transducer, between a guided wave and free space wave or vice versa. When a signal is fed into an antenna, the antenna will emit radiation distributed in space in a certain way. A graphical representation of the relative distribution of the radiated power in space is called a radiation pattern.
Fig 1: Modes of an antenna
Electromagnetic waves, often referred to as radio waves, are waves of energy that are similar to light waves and travel through the air at the speed of light. A radio wave can be visualized as a sine wave. The distance a wave travels to complete one cycle is known as the wavelength of the signal.
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Example: 2.4GHz signal completes a cycle as it travels through the air every 12.5 cm. In vacuum and air, c is equal to the speed of light (299 793 077 m/s), but radio waves are slower when passing through other materials and hence the wavelength will be shorter. This is of great importance when designing antennas. Antennas demonstrate a property known as reciprocity, which means that an antenna will maintain the same characteristics regardless if it is transmitting or receiving In this chapter we briefly describe the microstrip antenna and its parameters while the design of the project are described in the next chapters.
MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNAS - A microstrip patch antenna is a narrowband,

wide-beam antenna fabricated by etching the antenna element pattern in metal trace bonded to an insulating dielectric substrate with a continuous metal layer bonded to the opposite side of the substrate which forms a ground plane.
Main Properties of Patch Antenna Patch Antennas offer effective low-profile designs for a wide range of wireless applications. They are inexpensive to fabricate, light in weight, and can be made conformable with planar and non-planar surfaces. The patch antennas are compact and compatible with microwave integrated circuits (MICs) for high-frequency applications.
Unfortunately, they have some shortcomings, including relatively low gain, narrow bandwidth, and sensitivity to fabrication errors. Despite that; and because of rising demands for multiple frequencies in wireless designs, patch antennas support multiple function circuits that will force us to use it as it until we overcome on its disadvantages.
Common microstrip antenna radiator shapes are square, rectangular, circular and elliptical, but any continuous shape is possible. More detailed description on the working and general designs of microstrip antennas are given in APPENDIX I. Here we will just discuss the common parameters and characteristics we need to assess while designing the antenna.
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Microwaves are electromagnetic waves with wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz (0.3 GHz) and 300 GHz. This broad definition includes both UHF and EHF (millimeter waves), and various sources use different boundaries. In all cases, microwave includes the entire SHF band (3 to 30 GHz, or 10 to 1 cm) at minimum, with RF engineering often putting the lower boundary at 1 GHz (30 cm), and the upper around 100 GHz (3mm). The different frequency bands and their ranges are given below. Microwave frequency bands Letter Designation Frequency range L band 1 to 2 GHz C band 4 to 8 GHz Ku band 12 to 18 GHz Ka band 26.5 to 40 GHz U band 40 to 60 GHz E band 60 to 90 GHz F band 90 to 140 GHz S band 2 to 4 GHz X band 8 to 12 GHz K band 18 to 26.5 GHz Q band 33 to 50 GHz V band 50 to 75 GHz W band 75 to 110 GHz D band 110 to 170 GHz
Here we have designed the antenna to operate in the S Band specifically reserved for military communications.
ANTENNA PARAMETERS
RADIATION PATTERN: The radiation pattern of an antenna is a plot of the far-field
radiation properties of an antenna as a function of the spatial co-ordinates, which are specified by the elevation angle and the azimuth angle . More specifically it is a plot of the power radiated from an antenna per unit solid angle, which is nothing but the radiation intensity.
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Fig 2: Radiation pattern of a generic directional antenna
HALF POWER BEAM WIDTH: The half power beam width (HPBW) can be
defined as the angle subtended by the half power points of the main lobe.
MAIN LOBE: This is the radiation lobe containing the direction of maximum radiation. MINOR LOBE: All the lobes other than the main lobe are
called the minor lobes.
These lobes represent the radiation in undesired directions. The level of minor lobes is HPBW usually expressed as a ratio of the power density in the lobe in question to that of the major lobe. This ratio is called as the side lobe level (expressed in decibels).
BACK LOBE: This is the minor lobe diametrically opposite the main lobe. SIDE LOBE: These are the minor lobes adjacent to the main lobe and are separated by
various nulls. Side lobes are generally the largest among the minor lobes.
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fig 3: half power beam width pattern
AVERAGE SIDE LOBE LEVEL: The average value of the relative power pattern of
an antenna taken over a specified angular region, which excludes the main beam, the power pattern being relative to the peak of the main beam.
DIRECTIVITY: The directivity of an antenna has been defined by as the ratio of the
radiation intensity in a given direction from the antenna to the radiation intensity averaged over all directions. In other words, the directivity of a nonisotropic source is equal to the ratio of its radiation intensity in a given direction, over that of an isotropic source. The directivity of a nonisotropic source is equal to the ratio of its radiation intensity in a given direction, over that of an isotropic source.
D=
Where D is the directivity of the antenna U is the radiation intensity of the antenna. Ui is the radiation intensity of an isotropic source. Dmax is the maximum directivity. P is the total power radiated.
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POWER GAIN OR SIMPLY GAIN: The power gain or simply gain Gp, of an
antenna referred to an isotropic source is the ratio of its maximum radiation intensity to the radiation intensity of a loss less isotropic source with the same power input. Gp = (4Pi Umax ) / (P input)
RADIATION EFFICIENCY: The ratio of the gain to the directivity of an antenna is

called the radiation efficiency
L= Gp / D
NULLS: In an antenna radiation pattern, a null is a zone in which the effective radiated
power is at a minimum. A null often has a narrow directivity angle compared to that of the main beam. Thus, the null is useful for several purposes, such as suppression of interfering signals in a given direction.
RADIATION RESISTANCE: The resistance that, if inserted in place of an antenna,

would consume the same amount of power that is radiated by the antenna.
INPUT IMPEDANCE: The input impedance of an antenna is defined by
as the
impedance presented by an antenna at its terminals or the ratio of the voltage to the current at the pair of terminals or the ratio of the appropriate components of the electric to magnetic fields at a point.
RETURN LOSS (RL): The Return Loss (RL) is a parameter, which indicates the
amount of power that is lost to the load and does not return as a reflection. The RL is given by, (dB)
ANTENNA EFFICIENCY: The antenna efficiency is a parameter, which takes into

account the amount of losses at the terminals of the antenna and within the structure of the antenna. These losses are given by Reflections because of mismatch between the transmitter and the antenna R I 2 losses (conduction and dielectric).
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BANDWIDTH: The bandwidth of an antenna is defined by as the range of usable

frequencies within which the performance of the antenna, with respect to some characteristic, conforms to a specified standard. The bandwidth can be the range of frequencies on either side of the center frequency where the antenna characteristics like input impedance, radiation pattern, beam width, polarization, side lobe level or gain, are close to those values which have been obtained at the center frequency. The bandwidth of a broadband antenna can be defined as the ratio of the upper to lower frequencies of acceptable operation. The bandwidth of a narrowband antenna can be defined as the percentage of the frequency difference over the center frequency.
Where f H= Upper frequency.

f L=Lower frequency. f C=Center frequency.
Fig 4: Measuring bandwidth from the plot of the reflection coefficient
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BEAM OF AN ANTENNA: The major lobe of the radiation pattern of an antenna. BEAMWIDTH: In a radiation pattern containing the direction of the maximum of a lobe,
the solid angle subtended between the half-power power points of the main lobe.
POLARISATION: Polarization of a radiated wave is defined by as that property of an

electromagnetic wave describing the time varying direction and relative magnitude of the electric field vector. The polarization of an antenna refers to the polarization of the electric field vector of the radiated wave. In other words, the position and direction of the electric field with reference to the earths surface or ground determines the wave polarization. The most common types of polarization include the linear (horizontal or vertical) and circular (right hand polarization or the left hand polarization).
Fig 5: A linearly (vertically) polarized wave
CIRCULAR POLARISATION : In a circularly polarized wave, the electric field

vector remains constant in length but rotates around in a circular path. A left hand circular polarized wave is one in which the wave rotates counterclockwise whereas right hand circular polarized wave exhibits clockwise motion as shown in Figure.
Fig 6: circularly polarization
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LINEAR POLARISATION: If the path of the electric field vector is back and forth
along a line, it is said to be linearly polarized. Figure shows a linearly polarized wave.
fig 7: vertical and horizontal linear polarization
More details on the types and contrast between the polarizations are provided in APPENDIX - II
VOLTAGE STANDING WAVE RATIO (VSWR) : The VSWR is basically a

measure of the impedance mismatch between the transmitter and the antenna. The higher the VSWR, the greater is the mismatch. The minimum VSWR which corresponds to a perfect match is unity. The VSWR is given by Makarov as,
Where
is the reflection coefficient? Vs is the amplitude of the reflected wave. Vi is the amplitude of the incident wave.
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REACTIVE NEAR-FIELD REGION: In this region, the reactive field dominates.

The reactive energy oscillates towards and away from the antenna, thus appearing as reactance. In this region, energy is only stored and no energy is dissipated. The outermost boundary for this region is at a distance,
Where R1 is the distance from the antenna surface. D is the largest dimension of the antenna and is the wavelength.
RADIATING NEAR-FIELD REGION (FRESNEL REGION):
Radiating
near-field region (also called Fresnel region) is the region, which lies between the reactive near-field region and the far field region. Reactive fields are smaller in this field as compared to the reactive near-field region and the radiation fields dominate. In this region, the angular field distribution is a function of the distance from the antenna. The outermost boundary for this region is at a distance,
Where R2 is the distance from the antenna surface.
FAR-FIELD REGION (FRAUNHOFER REGION):

Far-field region (also called Fraunhoffer region): The region beyond is the
far field region. In this region, the reactive fields are absent and only the radiation fields exist. The angular field distribution is not dependent on the distance from the antenna in this region and the power density varies as the inverse square of the radial distance in this region.
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Fig 8 : Field regions of an antenna
DECIBELS: - Decibels (dB) is commonly used to describe gain or loss in circuits. The number of decibels is found from: Gain in dB = 10log(gain factor)
Q FACTOR: The Q-factor of an antenna is proportional to the ratio of energy stored to

the energy lost per cycle.
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CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE SURVEY
MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA
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LITERATURE SURVEY:
Microstrip patch antennas are increasing in popularity for use in wireless applications due to their low-profile structure and less expensive. Therefore, they are extremely compatible for embedded antennas in hand held wireless devices such as cellular phones, pagers etc,. In this proposed project, it is to design, fabricate and evaluate a microstrip patch antenna to operate in S-band.
[3] Fan yang, Xue-xia zhang, Xiaoningye and Yahya Rahmat-samii wide band circular patch antenna for wireless communications ,IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation vol 49, # 7, july 2001. Above paper presents a novel circular patch antenna operate at 2.0 to 4.0 GHz with -25db return loss at center frequency and patch dimensions (radius) 2.3718cm selected air as dielectric. [6] A Danidesh and R.Sadeghi Fakhr wide band co-planar microstrip antenna progress in electromagnetic research letters, vol 4, pp 81-89, 2008 Here in the above paper antenna structure comprising a semicircular microstrip patch alongside a small rectangular shape ground proximity fed by a microstrip line is proposed. The obtained return loss is about 30dB at center frequency of 5.8GHz, with the bi-directional radiation pattern of 1300 HPBW.
[7] G. Purnachandra Rao, Kshitiz Agarwal, M. V. Kartikeyan1, M.K.Thumm, Wide band single circular-shaped compact microstrip patch antenna for WLAN The paper presents a single wide band Circular shaped compact microstrip patch antenna for hiogh speed WLAN operating 5 to 6GHz range. The obtained impedance bandwidth is around 26% with 25dB return loss at center frequency, 1200 HPBW. patch
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dimensions length=14mm, width=20mm, height=4.16mm with embedding 3 layer of substrates in stack manner including air as dielectric material. In our work, we have obtained a smaller size antenna by incorporating parallel slo on a ts rectangular patch. By this realized Circular shape patch gives 30 to 40% reduction in size. patch dimensions length=8.7mm, width=11mm, height=3.16mm selecting RT duriod as dielectric material. The other parameter where we have improved on is the bandwidth which is 26% (2.5GHz), return loss of 40dB at center frequency, with relative directive gain of 6.2dB and half power beam width of 1100.
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CHAPTER THREE
ANTENNA DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
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INTRODUCTION
In telecommunication, there are several types of microstrip antennas (also known as printed antennas) the most common of which is the microstrip patch antenna or patch antenna. They are usually employed at UHF and higher frequencies because the size of the antenna is directly tied to the wavelength at the resonance frequency. A single patch antenna provides a maximum directive gain of around 6-9 dBi. It is relatively easy to print an array of patches on a single (large) substrate using lithographic techniques.
Applications
Notable system applications for which microstrip antennas have been developed include: Satellite communications Doppler and other radar Radio altimeters Missile telemetry Weapon fusing Man pack equipment Feed elements in complex antennas Satellite navigation receiver Biomedical radiator Command and control
This list is by no means exhaustive. As awareness of the possibilities of microstrip antennas increases, the number of applications will continue to grow. Here we were required to design the patch for Defence purposes implying that it should respond in the frequency of 3 to 3.5 GHz that is reserved only for radio communications in defence. Further we were required to design the patch for circular polarization to gain its advantages as discussed in the appendix. To start of we chose to use a circular patch as it is relatively simple to design with less
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calculations involved and gives out prominent field radiations. The procedure assumes that the specified information including the dielectric constant of substrate ( r ) the resonant frequency (f0) and height of substrate (h).
r
= 2.2
f0 = 3.25 GHz h = 0.079 mm

0= 0=
c/ f0, where c is light wave velocity =300M mt/sec. 92.30 mm
Radius of Circular patch: In 3dB Power divider the distance between two ports Power divider is hypotenuse of circular patch, where the height & base is equal to the radius of circular patch. Hence from the above we can calculate radius of the required circular patch. Hy2 =B2 + H2 Where Hy = hypotenuse, B = base, H = height.
Note that for the circular patch to operate in the desired frequency, the required conditions were satisfied in the power divider itself where the distance between the two ports were calculated using the centre Length & Width of Substrate: It should be greater than the length & width in which the circular patch is enclosed.
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POLARIZATION
An antenna is a transducer that converts radio frequency (RF) electric current to electromagnetic waves that are then radiated into space. Antenna polarization is an important consideration when selecting and installing antennas. Most wireless communication systems use either linear (vertical, horizontal) or circular polarization. Knowing the difference between polarizations can help maximize system performance for the user.
Circularly Polarized Patch

A microstrip patch is one of the most widely used radiators for circular polarization. Below shows some patches, including square, circular, pentagonal, equilateral triangular, ring, and elliptical shapes which are capable of circular polarization operation. However square and circular patches are widely utilized in practice. A single patch antenna can be made to radiate circular polarization if two orthogonal patch modes are simultaneously excited with equal amplitude and out of phase with sign determining the sense of rotation. Two types of feeding schemes can accomplish the task as given in figure below. The first type is a dual-orthogonal feed, which employs an external power divider network. The other is a single point for which an external power divider is not required. We will restrict our self only to first method i.e. Dual-Orthogonal Fed circularly Polarized Patch
Dual-Orthogonal Fed circularly Polarized Patch

The fundamental configurations of a dual-orthogonal fed circularly polarized patch using an external power divider. The patch is usually square or circular. The dual-orthogonal feeds excite two orthogonal modes with equal amplitude but in phase quadrature. Several power divider circuits that have been successfully employed for CP generation such as the Wilkinson power divider, and the 3DB power divider. In this we have used 3db power divider, it divide the amplitude equally with 90 degree phase shift, then its fed to the patch.
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Fig 9: Typical configurations of dual-fed circularly polarized micro-strip antennas: (a)circular patch and (b) square patch
Wave port design: Another important component is the wave port through which the excitation to the patch antenna is supplied. It has been found that for effective design
y y
Width of wave port = 5 (width of feed line) Height of wave port = (width of feed line) + 6 (height of substrate) Where width of feed line is calculated using Line Calculator in ADS, width of feed line = 2.408mm corresponding to 50 ohms transmission line
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SECTION -2
SIMULATION SOFTWARES
CHAPTER ONE
HFSS
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Two simulation softwares are used to implement our design. While the main patch antenna element, waveport, boundary conditions and excitations were designed and provided in HFSS, the power divider for the dual feed was designed in ADS for simplicity and convenience and was then exported to the main design in HFSS after necessary formatting. Their implementations in our design are described in next sections. Below we briefly describe the principles and the tools used in HFSS, while ADS is discussed in the next chapter.
HFSS:
HFSS stands for High Frequency Structure Simulator. It is a full wave EM field simulator for arbitrary 3-D volumetric passive device modelling. It integrates simulation, visualization, solid modelling and automation. It employs Finite Element Method and adaptive meshing and can be used to calculate S-parameters, resonant frequency and fields. In general, the finite element method divides the full problem space into thousands of smaller regions and represents the field in each sub-region (element) with a local function. In HFSS, the geometric model is automatically divided into a large number of tetrahedral, where a single tetrahedron is a four-sided pyramid. This collection of tetrahedral is referred to as the finite element mesh.
The value of a vector field quantity (such as the H-field or E-field) at points inside each tetrahedron is interpolated from the vertices of the tetrahedron. At each vertex, HFSS stores
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the components of the field that are tangential to the three edges of the tetrahedron. In addition, HFSS can store the component of the vector field at the midpoint of selected edges that is tangential to a face and normal to the edge (as shown below). The field inside each tetrahedron is interpolated from these nodal values. By representing field quantities in this way, the system can transform Maxwells equations into matrix equations that are solved using traditional numerical methods. The wave equation that is solved by HFSS is derived from the differential form of Maxwells Equations. For these expressions to be valid, it is assumed that the field vectors are single-valued, bounded and have continuous distribution along with their derivatives. Along boundaries or sources the fields are discontinuous and the derivatives have no meaning. Therefore boundary conditions define the field behavior across discontinuous boundaries. The adaptive meshing constructs a mesh that conforms to the electrical performance of the device. By employing adaptive meshing, the mesh is automatically tuned to give the most accurate and efficient mesh possible. The adaptive meshing algorithm searches for the largest gradient in the E-field or error and sub-divides the mesh in those regions. It also targets singularities such as the edge of a conductor, as locations to add extra elements. After the mesh is refined a full solution is performed and the process is repeated until convergence.
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Fig 10: A flowchart for solution of models in HFSS.
After each adaptive pass, HFSS compares the S-parameters from the current mesh to the results of the previous mesh. If the answers have not changed by the user defined value or Delta-S, then the solution has converged and the current or previous mesh can be used to perform a frequency sweep. HFSS uses the previous mesh to perform the frequency sweep if they have been requested. The Delta-S is the default criteria use to determine the mesh/solution convergence. Delta-S is defined as the maximum change in the magnitude of the S-parameters between two consecutive passes. Maxij[mag(SNij-SN-1ij)] where i and j cover all matrix entries and N is the pass number. The adaptive frequency for which the solution is to be found should be the end frequency since the structure being simulated is a broadband structure, so that all the lower frequencies are considered.
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CHAPTER TWO
ADS
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Advance Design System

ADS is a sophisticated circuit simulator and can take a significant amount of time to learn all the complex features. ADS is a sophisticated circuit simulator and can take a significant amount of time to learn all the complex features. There is a graphical user interface to draw the circuit diagram (Schematic entry). The software comes with significant number of predefined libraries. Since the focus of ADS is RF and microwave design, the majority of the devices in the library are rf and microwave devices. There are, however, a few low frequency FETs and BJTs. If you want to simulate power electronic circuits you should use a more appropriate package. The are several different simulations that ADS can perform. Some of these can be found in traditional SPICE simulators. The more complex simulation modes are also available in other design software like Microwave Office. The simulation mode which we are using is SParameter Analysis, which is microwave equivalent of AC analysis.
Advantage of advance design system

y Efficient operation of the ADS user-interface
Use of ADS built-in design examples and Design Guides
Fast and efficient schematic capture
Simulation using: DC, AC, S-parameter, Transient, Harmonic Balance, Envelope, and Data Flow
Optimization and Tuning
Control and display of simulation data and measurement equations
Use of components such as SDDs, noise controllers, and more
Use of various sources, including modulated sources such as CDMA and GSM
Brief use of ADS Momentum from Layout
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Design and development of S- band Circularly Polarized microstrip patch antenna y Use of behavioral system models
Use of data access components DAC
Simulation of Network Analyzer data
Sub-circuit and hierarchy creation
Plus a wide variety of tips and techniques that apply to all RF, Microwave, and RFIC designs, including amplifiers, filters, mixers, and oscillators
To get a clear picture of ADS we are taking an example of Wilkinson Power divider
Schematic diagram
Fig 11: Schematic view Wilkinson power divider in ADS
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Layout
Fig 12 : Layout view of Wilkinson power divider in ADS
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SECTION 3
DESIGN and RESULTS
CHAPTER ONE
DESIGN
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Fig 13: Design Flow
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Design Specifications: -
y Frequency of operation (
): The resonant frequency of the antenna must be
selected appropriately. The microstrip antenna is designed in S Band. The S band is part of the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Its frequency range is from 2 to 4 GHz. Hence the antenna designed must be able to operate in this frequency range. The resonant frequency selected for my design is 3.25 GHz.
y Return Loss : It should be less than -10 dB. y Gain: It should be greater than 5 dB. y Dielectric constant of the substrate (r): The dielectric material selected for my
design is RT Duroid which has a dielectric constant of 2.2.for designing of antennas dielectric constant should be in the range of A substrate in the lower
range of dielectric constant has been selected since it provides better efficiency, larger bandwidth.
y Height of dielectric substrate ( h ): In many applications it is essential that the
antenna range
is
not
bulky.The
height
of
the
substrate
should
lie
in
the
.Hence, the height of the dielectric substrate is
selected as 0.079 mm.
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DESIGN
The procedure assumes that the specified information including the dielectric constant of substrate ( r ) the resonant frequency (f0 ) and height of substrate (h).
r
= 2.2
f0 = 3.25 GHz h = 0.079 mm

0= 0=
c/ f0, where c is light wave velocity =300M mt/sec. 92.30 mm
Radius of Circular patch: In 3dB Power divider the distance between two ports Power divider is hypotenuse of circular patch, where the height & base is equal to the radius of circular patch. Hence from the above we can calculate radius of the required circular patch. Hy2 =B2 + H2 Where Hy = hypotenuse, B = base, H = height.
Fig 14: Radius of circle
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Length & Width of Substrate: It should be greater than the length & width in which the circular patch is enclosed. Wave port design:
y y
Width of wave port = 5 (width of feed line) Height of wave port = (width of feed line) + 6 (height of substrate) Where width of feed line is calculated using Line Calculator in ADS, width of feed line = 2.408mm corresponding to 50 ohms transmission line
Far field Setup: It should be
0/4
from all the side of the Substrate.
ELEMENT DESIGN
ADS:
Schematic view of 3dB Power divider in ADS.The difference between the length of two port should be equal to
0/4
in order to have 90 degree phase shift to get circular polarized.
Note that the width at the input port corresponds 50 ohm transmission line, at the two divided arms corresponds to 70 ohms transmission line and at the port terminals it changes back to that of 50 ohms line as shown below:
Fig 15: Concept of power divider
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Fig 16: Schematic view
After designing 3dB Power divider we will go for Layout view for further optimization
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Fig 17 : Layout view
Once the proper Layout is obtained, we will convert the power divider designed in ADS into HFSS format using CST Software, for further design of Micro strip Patch Antenna.
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HFSS
Importing 3dB Power divider in HFSS
Fig 18: 3dB power divider
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Fig 19:Substrate view
Fig 20: Ground
Then after this design we will create circular Patch of radius = 23.077 mm
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Fig 21: circular patch
After creating circular Patch, we will import & unite Power divider in Circular Patch.
Fig 22: view after uniting power divider & circular patch
Assigning wave port to antenna

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Fig 23: Wave port
Then after this we will assign Boundary condition to get the final Antenna
Fig 24: Circularly Polarized Microstrip Patch Antenna
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Fig 25: Excitation state of circular patch
Fig 26: Excitation state of boundary of microstrip patch antenna
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CHAPTER TWO
SIMULATION RESULTS
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Simulated Results: Software simulation and experimental tests were used in order to
evaluate the performance of the antenna design. Experimental results are compared with simulation performance estimates in order to verify that the designs perform as intended.
y Return Loss:
Fig 27: Return Loss
Conclusion : As per the requirement the the return loss is less than -10dB.
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y Gain:
Fig 28: Gain
Conclusion :Graph shows Gain is greater than 5dB
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y Radiation pattern :
Fig 29: Radiation pattern
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y Polar Plot
Fig 30(a):Simulated polar plot
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View at phi=0 deg
View at phi=90 deg

Fig 30(b): 3D Radiation Pattern of Single element
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y Axial Ratio
Fig 31: Simulated axial ratio
Conclusion: Axial ratio is defined as Ey/Ex = 1,in dB it should be 0. For Circular ratio the axial ratio should be in range of 0 to 3 dB. The obtained graph shows the axial ratio is less than 3dB. Hence proves that radiation obtained from the designed Microstrip Patch Antenna is Circularly Polarized.
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Summary of simulated results

Performance parameters Resonant Frequency Single element Return Loss Single element Beam width (HPBW) Value 3.25 GHz Better than -10 dB over the band of 0.5GHz 850 in Azimuth plane and 600 in Elevation plane 5.9dB
Single element directive gain
Table 1: simulated results
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Advantages and Disadvantages

Some of their principal advantages of designed antenna are given below: Light weight and low volume. Low profile planar configuration which can be easily made conformal to host surface. Low fabrication cost, hence can be manufactured in large quantities. Can be easily integrated with microwave integrated circuits (MICs). Mechanically robust when mounted on rigid surfaces. Light weight, low volume and low profile planar configurations that can be made conformal.
Some of their major disadvantages are given below: Narrow bandwidth Low efficiency Extraneous radiation from feeds and junctions Low power handling capacity.
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Applications
This designed patch is been utilized for the following purpose at LRDE Bangalore. Costal surveillance antenna Satellite communications Missile telemetry Satellite navigation receiver Biomedical radiator
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CONCLUSION
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CONCLUSION
A novel (Circular-shape) technique for enhancing bandwidth of microstrip patch antenna is successfully designed in this project. Simulation results of a wideband microstrip patch antenna covering 3.0GHz to 3.5GHz frequency have been presented. Techniques for microstrip broad banding, size reduction, and side lobe reduction are applied with significant improvement in the design by employing proposed circular patch shaped design.The proposed microstrip patch antenna achieves a fractional bandwidth of 0.5GHz (3.0 to 3.5GHz) at -10 dB return loss, with -25dB return loss at centre frequency is been achieved. The achievable gain of the antenna is 5.9dB (greater than 5db).The proposed patch has a compact dimension (radius) of 2.3718cm. The wideband characteristic of the antenna is achieved by using the orthogonal feeding techniques. Better radiation performance is achieved by making circular patch and by suitably selecting the microstrip 3db power divider, the antenna is improved. The composite effect of integrating these techniques offers a low profile, broadband, high gain, and compact antenna element suitable for array applications. This wideband compact single element antenna is used to design a circular patch microstrip antenna. Simulation results of this circular patch microstrip antenna covering 3.0GHz to 3.5GHz frequency at -10dB return loss have been presented.The axial ratio for circular polarization should be 0 ideally. Practically it is expected between 0 to 3. Simulated result shows that the axial ratio is between 1 and 2. This designed patch is been utilized for costal surveillance antenna for purpose of DEFENCE at LRDE Bangalore.
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APPENDIX - I
MICRO-STRIP PATCHES
In its most basic form, a Microstrip patch antenna consists of a radiating patch on one side of a dielectric substrate which has a ground plane on the other side as shown in Figure 2.1.The patch is generally made of conducting material such as copper or gold and can take any possible shape. The radiating patch and the feed lines are usually photo etched on the dielectric substrate.
Fig A1(a): Structure of a Microstrip Patch Antenna
In order to simplify analysis and performance prediction, the patch is generally square, rectangular, circular, triangular, elliptical or some other common shape as shown in Figure 2.2. For a rectangular patch, the length L of the patch is usually where ,
is the free-space wavelength. The patch is selected to be very thin such that (where t is the patch thickness). The height h of the dielectric substrate is
usually the range
. The dielectric constant of the substrate (
) is typically in
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Figure A1(b): Common shapes of microstrip patch elements
Microstrip patch antennas radiate primarily because of the fringing fields between the patch edge and the ground plane. For good antenna performance, a thick dielectric substrate having a low dielectric constant is desirable since this provides better efficiency, larger bandwidth and better radiation [5]. However, such a configuration leads to a larger antenna size. In order to design a compact Microstrip patch antenna, higher dielectric constants must be used which are less efficient and result in narrower bandwidth. Hence a compromise must be reached between antenna dimensions and antenna performance. Microstrip patch antennas have a very high antenna quality factor (Q). Q represents the losses associated with the antenna and a large Q leads to narrow bandwidth and low efficiency. Q can be reduced by increasing the thickness of the dielectric substrate. But as the thickness increases, an increasing fraction of the total power delivered by the source goes into a surface wave. This surface wave contribution can be counted as an unwanted power loss since it is ultimately scattered at the dielectric bends and causes degradation of the antenna characteristics. However, surface waves can be minimized by use of photonic band gap structures. Other problems such as lower gain and lower power handling capacity can be overcome by using an array configuration for the elements.
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RADIATION MECHANISM
The most popular models for the analysis of Microstrip patch antennas are the transmission line model, cavity model, and full wave model (which include primarily integral equations/Moment Method). The transmission line model is the simplest of all and it gives good physical insight but it is less accurate. The cavity model is more accurate and gives good physical insight but is complex in nature. The full wave models are extremely accurate, versatile and can treat single elements, finite and infinite arrays, stacked elements, arbitrary shape elements and coupling. These give less insight as compared to the two models mentioned above and are far more complex in nature.
Transmission Line Model: This model represents the microstrip antenna by two slots of width W and height h, separated by a transmission line of length L. The microstrip is essentially a non-homogeneous line of two dielectrics, typically the substrate and air.
Fig A1(c): Microstrip line
Fig A1(d):Electric field lines
Hence, as seen from Figure 2.4, most of the electric field lines reside in the substrate and parts of some lines in air. As a result, this transmission line cannot support pure transverse electric- magnetic (TEM) mode of transmission, since the phase velocities would be different in the air and the substrate. Instead, the dominant mode of propagation would be the quasiTEM mode. Hence, an effective dielectric constant must be obtained in order to is slightly
account for the fringing and the wave propagation in the line. The value of less then
because the fringing fields around the periphery of the patch are not confined in
the dielectric substrate but are also spread in the air as shown in Figure 2.4 above. The expression for is given by:
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h = Height of dielectric substrate W = Width of the patch Consider Figure2.5 below, which shows a rectangular microstrip patch antenna of length L , width W resting on a substrate of height h . The co-ordinate axis is selected such that the length is along the x direction, width is along the y direction and the height is along the z direction.
Fig A1(e):Microstrip Patch Antenna
In order to operate in the fundamental less than 2 / where
mode, the length of the patch must be slightly
is the wavelength in the dielectric medium and is equal to mode implies that the field
where varies one 2 /
is the free space wavelength. The
cycle along the length, and there is no variation along the width of the patch.
In the Figure 2.6 shown below, the microstrip patch antenna is represented by two slots, separated by a transmission line of length L and open circuited at both the ends. Along the
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width of the patch, the voltage is maximum and current is minimum due to the open ends. The fields at the edges can be resolved into normal and tangential components with respect to the ground plane.
Fig A1(f): Top View of Antenna and, Side View of Antenna
It is seen from Figure 2.6 that the normal components of the electric field at the two edges along the width are in opposite directions and thus out of phase since the patch is 2 / long
and hence they cancel each other in the broadside direction. The tangential components, which are in phase, means that the resulting fields combine to give maximum radiated field normal to the surface of the structure. Hence the edges along the width can be represented as two radiating slots, which are 2 / apart and excited in phase and radiating in the half space
above the ground plane. The fringing fields along the width can be modeled as radiating slots and electrically the patch of the microstrip antenna looks greater than its physical dimensions. The dimensions of the patch along its length have now been extended on each end by a distance L., Which is given empirically by Hammerstad as:
The effective length of the patch
now becomes:
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For a given resonance frequency
, the effective length is given by as:
For a rectangular Microstrip patch antenna, the resonance frequency for any given by James and Hall as:
mode is
Where m and n are modes along L and W respectively. For efficient radiation, Bahl and Bhartia as give the width W:
CAVITY MODEL:
Although the transmission line model discussed in the previous section is easy to use, it has some inherent disadvantages. Specifically, it is useful for patches of rectangular design and it ignores field variations along the radiating edges. These disadvantages can be overcome by using the cavity model. A brief overview of this model is given below. In this model, the interior region of the dielectric substrate is modeled as a cavity bounded by electric walls on the top and bottom. The basis for this assumption is the following observations for thin substrates ( ) << h. Since the substrate is thin, the fields in the interior region do not vary much in the z direction, i.e. normal to the patch.
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The electric field is z directed only, and the magnetic field has only the transverse components and in the region bounded by the patch metallization and the ground
plane. This observation provides for the electric walls at the top and the bottom.
Fig A1(g): Charge distribution and current density creation on the microstrip patch
Consider Figure as shown above. When the microstrip patch is provided power, a charge distribution is seen on the upper and lower surfaces of the patch and at the bottom of the ground plane. This charge distribution is controlled by two mechanisms-an attractive mechanism and a repulsive mechanism as discussed by Richards. The attractive mechanism is between the opposite charges on the bottom side of the patch and the ground plane, which helps in keeping the charge concentration intact at the bottom of the patch. The repulsive mechanism is between the like charges on the bottom surface of the patch, which causes pushing of some charges from the bottom, to the top of the patch. As a result of this charge movement, currents flow at the top and bottom surface of the patch. The cavity model assumes that the height to width ratio (i.e. height of substrate and width of the patch) is very small and as a result of this the attractive mechanism dominates and causes most of the charge concentration and the current to be below the patch surface. Much less current would flow on the top surface of the patch and as the height to width ratio further decreases, the current on the top surface of the patch would be almost equal to zero, which would not allow the creation of any tangential magnetic field components to the patch edges. Hence, the four sidewalls could be modeled as perfectly magnetic conducting surfaces. This implies that the magnetic fields and the electric field distribution beneath the patch would not be disturbed. However, in practice, a finite width to height ratio would be there and this would not make
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the tangential magnetic fields to be completely zero, but they being very small, the side walls could be approximated to be perfectly magnetic conducting. Since the walls of the cavity, as well as the material within it are lossless, the cavity would not radiate and its input impedance would be purely reactive. Hence, in order to account for radiation and a loss mechanism, one must introduce a radiation resistance Rr and a loss resistance . A lossy cavity would now represent an antenna and the loss is taken into which is given as:
account by the effective loss tangent
is the total antenna quality factor and has been expressed by in the form:
represents the quality factor of the dielectric and is given as :
where
is the angular resonant frequency.
is the total energy stored in the patch at resonance.
is the dielectric loss. tan is the loss tangent of the dielectric. represents the quality factor of the conductor and is given as :
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where
is the conductor loss.
. is the skin depth of the conductor. h is the height of the substrate. represents the quality factor for radiation and is given as:
where
is the power radiated from the patch.
Substituting equations (3.8), (3.9), (3.10) and (3.11) in equation (3.7), we get
Thus, above equation describes the total effective loss tangent for the microstrip patch antenna.
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FEED TECHNIQUES
Microstrip patch antennas can be fed by a variety of methods. These methods can be classified into two categories- contacting and non-contacting In the contacting method, the RF power is fed directly to the radiating patch using a connecting element such as a microstrip line. The two popular feed methods of this type are : a. Microstrip line feed b. Coaxial probe feed In the non-contacting scheme, electromagnetic field coupling is done to transfer power between the microstrip line and the radiating patch. The two popular feed methods of this type are: a. Aperture coupled feed b. Proximity coupled feed
Microstrip Line Feed:

In this type of feed technique, a conducting strip is connected directly to the edge of the microstrip patch as shown in the figure below. The conducting strip is smaller in width as compared to the patch and this kind of feed arrangement has the advantage that the feed can be etched on the same substrate to provide a planar structure.
Fig A1(h):Microstrip line feed
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The purpose of the inset cut in the patch is to match the impedance of the feed line to the patch without the need for any additional matching element. This is achieved by properly controlling the inset position. Hence this is an easy feeding scheme, since it provides ease of fabrication and simplicity in modelling as well as impedance matching. However as the thickness of the dielectric substrate being used, increases, surface waves and spurious feed radiation also increases, which hampers the bandwidth of the antenna. The feed radiation also leads to undesired cross polarized radiation.
Coaxial Feed:
The Coaxial feed or probe feed is a very common technique used for feeding Microstrip patch antennas. As seen from the figure below, the inner conductor of the coaxial connector extends through the dielectric and is soldered to the radiating patch, while the outer conductor is connected to the ground plane.
Fig A1(i): Probe fed Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna
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The main advantage of this type of feeding scheme is that the feed can be placed at any desired location inside the patch in order to match with its input impedance. This feed method is easy to fabricate and has low spurious radiation. However, its major disadvantage is that it provides narrow bandwidth and is difficult to model since a hole has to be drilled in the substrate and the connector protrudes outside the ground plane, thus not making it completely planar for thick substrates ( h > 0.02 o ). Also, for thicker substrates, the increased probe length makes the input impedance more inductive, leading to matching problems. It is seen above that for a thick dielectric substrate, which provides broad bandwidth, the microstrip line feed and the coaxial feed suffer from numerous disadvantages. The non-contacting feed techniques which have been discussed below, solve these problems.
Aperture Coupled Feed:

In this type of feed technique, the ground plane as shown in Figure below separates the radiating patch and the microstrip feed line. Coupling between the patch and the feed line is made through a slot or an aperture in the ground plane.
Fig A1(j): Aperture-coupled feed
The coupling aperture is usually cantered under the patch, leading to lower cross polarization due to symmetry of the configuration. The amount of coupling from the feed line to the patch is determined by the shape, size and location of the aperture. Since the ground plane separates the patch and the feed line, spurious radiation is minimized. Generally, a high dielectric material is used for the bottom substrate and a thick, low dielectric constant material is used for the top substrate to optimize radiation from the patch. The major disadvantage of this feed technique is that it is difficult to fabricate due to multiple layers,
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which also increases the antenna thickness. This feeding scheme also provides narrow bandwidth.
Proximity Coupled Feed:

This type of feed technique is also called as the electromagnetic coupling scheme. As shown in the figure below, two dielectric substrates are used such that the feed line is between the two substrates and the radiating patch is on top of the upper substrate. The main advantage of this feed technique is that it eliminates spurious feed radiation and provides very high bandwidth (as high as 13%), due to overall increase in the thickness of the microstrip patch antenna. This scheme also provides choices between two different dielectric media, one for the patch and one for the feed line to optimize the individual performances.
Fig A1(k): Proximity Coupled Feed
Matching can be achieved by controlling the length of the feed line and the width-to-line ratio of the patch. The major disadvantage of this feed scheme is that it is difficu to fabricate lt because of the two dielectric layers, which need proper alignment. Also, there is an increase in the overall thickness of the antenna.
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Variations of Microstrip Antenna Configurations:
Various shapes of the patch Square Rectangle Circular Ring Triangular Types of feed arrangements Microstrip line feed Coaxial probe feed Slot or aperture feed Based of other microstrip-like transmission line structures Slot-line antennas Stripline slot antennas Co-planar waveguide antennas Arrays of Microstrip antenna elements Linear arrays Two-dimensional or planar array
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Table A1(a): summarizes the characteristics of the different feed techniques
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Technique
Advantages
Disadvantages
Microstripline Radiating Edge Monolithic. Good Polarization. Spurious radiation. Must be inset to or use match
transformer impedance.
Non radiating Edge
Impedance easier.
matching
is
Excites cross-polarization.
Coaxial Probe

Impedance
matching
by
Impedance inductive
is when
highly thick
probe location. Can be used with plated bias for multilayer circuits. Proximity Coupling Monolithic Multilayer No DC contact between feed and radiating element. Can have large effective thickness for patch substrate and much thinner feed
substrates are used.
Direct
radiation
from
coupling region. Dimensional tolerance. Multilayer required. Difficult to optimize. fabrication is
substrate. Several degrees of freedom available matching/tuning. for
Table A1(b): Comparison Of Feed Techniques
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Advantages and Disadvantages

Microstrip patch antennas are increasing in popularity for use in wireless applications due to their low-profile structure. Therefore they are extremely compatible for embedded antennas in handheld wireless devices such as cellular phones, pagers etc... The telemetry and communication antennas on missiles need to be thin and conformal and are often Microstrip patch antennas. Another area where they have been used successfully is in Satellite communication. Some of their principal advantages are given below: Light weight and low volume. Low profile planar configuration which can be easily made conformal to host surface. Low fabrication cost, hence can be manufactured in large quantities. Supports both, linear as well as circular polarization. Can be easily integrated with microwave integrated circuits (MICs). Capable of dual and triple frequency operations. Mechanically robust when mounted on rigid surfaces. Light weight, low volume and low profile planar configurations that can be made conformal.
Some of their major disadvantages are given below: Narrow bandwidth Low efficiency Low Gain Extraneous radiation from feeds and junctions Poor end fire radiator except tapered slot antennas Low power handling capacity.
However, there are ways of substantially diminishing the effect of some of these disadvantages. For example, surface wave excitation may be suppressed or eliminated by exercising care during design and fabrication. Increasing or decreasing the thickness of substrate can also control higher order excitation.
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BANDWIDTH ENHANCEMENT
Introduction: Microstrip antennas have a number of useful properties, but one of the serious limitations of these antennas has been their narrow bandwidth characteristic. The impedance bandwidth of a typical microstrip patch antenna is less than 1% to several percent for thin substrates satisfying the criteria h\ 0< 0.023 for r=10 to h/lambda0< 0.07 for r=2.3. This is in contrast to 15% to 50% bandwidth of commonly used antenna elements such as dipoles, slots and waveguide horns. Researchers have engaged in removing this limitation for the past 20 years, and have been successful in achieving an impedance bandwidth of up to 90% and gain bandwidth up to 70% in separate antennas. Most of these innovations utilize more than one mode, give rise to increase in size, height, or volume, and are accompanied by degradation of the other characteristic of the antenna. Increase in bandwidth can also be achieved by suitable choice of feeding technique and impedance matching network. Effects of Substrate Parameters on Bandwidth: Impedance bandwidth of a patch antenna varies inversely as Q of the patch antenna. Therefore, substrate parameters such as dielectric constant r and thickness h can be varied to obtain different Q, and ultimately the increase in impedance bandwidth. Q of a resonator is defined as Q= Energy stored/Power lost (1.1)
Figure below shows the effect of substrate thickness on impedance bandwidth and efficiency for two values of dielectric constants. Note that bandwidth increases monotonically with thickness. Also, a decrease in the r value increases the bandwidth. This behaviour can be explained from the change in Q value.
Fig A1(l):Effect of substrate thickness on bandwidth,efficiency.
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Q almost linearly increase with r. Modelling of the rectangular patch as a lossy capacitor, the increase in Q is explained by the fact that the energy stored increases and power radiated decreases with increase in r . Similarly, when the substrate thickness is increased, the decrease in stored energy decreases the Q , this behaviour occurs because the fringing field increases h and decrease in r. In conclusion, we can say that the increase in h and decrease in r can be used to increase the impedance bandwidth of the antenna. However, this approach is useful upto h<0.02 of using thick and high dielectric constant substrates are 0 only. The disadvantages many, these:
Surface wave power increases, resulting in poor radiation efficiency (see Fig above). The radiation from surface waves may lead to pattern degradation near end-fire. Thick substrates with microstrip edge feed will give rise to increased spurious radiation from the microstrip step in-width and other discontinuities. Radiation from the feed line will also increase. Substrates thicker than 0.11 0for r = 2.2 make the impedance locus of the probe-fed patch antenna increasingly inductive in nature, resulting in impedance matching problems. Higher order modes along the thickness may develop, giving rise to distortions in the radiation patterns and impedance characteristics. This is a limiting factor in achieving an octave bandwidth.
Most of the problems just listed are not experienced if thick air dielectric and aperture coupling of the antenna to the feed are used. Surface wave effects can be controlled by the use of photonic band gap structures. Selection of suitable Patch Shape: It has been found that some of the patch shapes have inherently lower Q compared to others. Correspondingly, their bandwidth is higher. These patch shapes include annular ring, rectangular/square ring, quarter wave (shorted) patch, and other geometrics. A circular ring antenna with b=2a when operated in the TM12 mode is found to have more than five times the bandwidth of a rectangular patch antenna with L=1.5W. Similarly, a rectangular/square ring antenna with an average circumference of one g can be used. Bandwidth of annular ring and shorted quarter-wave antenna patch are compared with rectangular and circular patch geometries in Table 3. We can see from this table that the bandwidth of a rectangular patch increases with an increase in the patch width.
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Element Shape Bandwidth (%) Narrow rectangular patch 0.7 Wide rectangular patch 1.6 Square patch 1.3 Circular disk 3.8 Annular ring 3.8 Quarter-wave patch 1.05
Element Size
L = 4.924 cm ,W = 2.0 cm
L = 4.79 cm, W = 7.2 cm
L = W = 4.82 cm
a = 2.78 cm
b = 8.9 cm, a = 4.45 cm
L = 2.462 cm, w = 2.0 cm
r = 2.32, h = 1.59mm, f = 2 GHz

Table A1(c) :Comparison between Element shape, size, bandwidth.
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APPENDIX II
POLARIZATION
The polarization of an antenna is the orientation of the electric field (E-plane) of the radio wave with respect to the Earth's surface and is determined by the physical structure of the antenna and by its orientation. It has nothing in common with antenna directionality terms: "horizontal", "vertical" and "circular". Thus, a simple straight wire antenna will have one polarization when mounted vertically, and a different polarization when mounted horizontally. "Electromagnetic wave polarization filters are structures which can be employed to act directly on the electromagnetic wave to filter out wave energy of an undesired polarization and to pass wave energy of a desired polarization. Reflections generally affect polarization Polarization is the sum of the E-plane orientations over time projected onto an imaginary plane perpendicular to the direction of motion of the radio wave. In the most general case, polarization is elliptical, meaning that the polarization of the radio waves varies over time. Two special cases are linear polarization (the ellipse collapses into a line) and circular polarization (in which the two axes of the ellipse are equal). In linear polarization the antenna compels the electric field of the emitted radio wave to a particular orientation.
Linear Polarization: An antenna is vertically linear polarized when its electric field is
perpendicular to the Earths surface. An example of a vertical antenna is a broadcast tower for AM radio or the whip antenna on an automobile. Horizontally linear polarized antennas have their electric field parallel to the Earth's surface. For example, television transmissions in the USA use horizontal polarization. Thus, TV antennas are horizontally-oriented.
Circular Polarization: In a circularly-polarized antenna, the plane of polarization rotates

in a corkscrew pattern making one complete revolution during each wavelength. A circularly polarized wave radiates energy in the horizontal, vertical planes as well as every plane in between. If the rotation is clockwise looking in the direction of propagation, the sense is called right-hand-circular (RHC). If the rotation is counterclockwise, the sense is called lefthand circular (LHC).
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Fig A2(a): Linear & Circular Polarization
Advantages of Circular Polarization
Reflectivity: Radio signals are reflected or absorbed depending on the material they
come in contact with. Because linear polarized antennas are able to attack" the problem in only one plane, if the reflecting surface does not reflect the signal precisely in the same plane, that signal strength will be lost. Since circular polarized antennas send and receive in all planes, the signal strength is not lost, but is transferred to a different plane and are still utilized.
Absorption: As stated above, radio signal can be absorbed depending on the

material they come in contact with. Different materials absorb the signal from different planes. As a result, circular polarized antennas give you a higher probability of a successful link because it is transmitting on all planes.
Phasing Issues: High-frequency systems (i.e. 2.4 GHz and higher) that use linear
polarization typically require a clear line-ofsight path between the two points in order to operate effectively. Such systems have difficulty penetrating obstructions due to reflected signals, which weaken the propagating signal. Reflected linear signals return to the propagating antenna in the opposite phase, thereby weakening the propagating signal. Conversely, circularly-polarized systems also incur reflected signals, but the reflected signal is returned in the opposite orientation, largely avoiding conflict with
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the propagating signal. The result is that circularly-polarized signals are much better at penetrating and bending around obstructions.
Multi-path: Multi-path is caused when the primary signal and the reflected signal
reach a receiver at nearly the same time. This creates an "out of phase" problem. The receiving radio must spend its resources to distinguish, sort out, and process the proper signal, thus degrading performance and speed. Linear Polarized antennas are more susceptible to multi-path due to increased possibility of reflection. Out of phase radios can cause dead-spots, decreased throughput, distance issues and reduce overall performance in a 2.4 GHz system.
Inclement Weather: Rain and snow cause a microcosm of conditions explained

above (i.e. reflectivity, absorption, phasing, multi-path and line of sight) Circular polarization is more resistant to signal degradation due to inclement weather conditions for all the reason stated above.
Line-of-Sight: When a line-of-sight path is impaired by light obstructions (i.e.

foliage or small buildings), circular polarization is much more effective than linear polarization for establishing and maintaining communication links.
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Fig 1: Modes of an antenna

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MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNAS - A microstrip patch antenna is a narrowband,

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Fig 2: Radiation pattern of a generic directional antenna

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fig 3: half power beam width pattern

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RADIATION EFFICIENCY: The ratio of the gain to the directivity of an antenna is

RADIATION RESISTANCE: The resistance that, if inserted in place of an antenna,

INPUT IMPEDANCE: The input impedance of an antenna is defined by

ANTENNA EFFICIENCY: The antenna efficiency is a parameter, which takes into

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BANDWIDTH: The bandwidth of an antenna is defined by as the range of usable

Where f H= Upper frequency.

Fig 4: Measuring bandwidth from the plot of the reflection coefficient

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POLARISATION: Polarization of a radiated wave is defined by as that property of an

Fig 5: A linearly (vertically) polarized wave

CIRCULAR POLARISATION : In a circularly polarized wave, the electric field

Fig 6: circularly polarization

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fig 7: vertical and horizontal linear polarization

VOLTAGE STANDING WAVE RATIO (VSWR) : The VSWR is basically a

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REACTIVE NEAR-FIELD REGION: In this region, the reactive field dominates.

RADIATING NEAR-FIELD REGION (FRESNEL REGION):

Where R2 is the distance from the antenna surface.

FAR-FIELD REGION (FRAUNHOFER REGION):

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Fig 8 : Field regions of an antenna

Q FACTOR: The Q-factor of an antenna is proportional to the ratio of energy stored to

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f0 = 3.25 GHz h = 0.079 mm

c/ f0, where c is light wave velocity =300M mt/sec. 92.30 mm

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Circularly Polarized Patch

Dual-Orthogonal Fed circularly Polarized Patch

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