BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV3I12049,
     title={Design of Compact Microstrip Patch Antenna for Wireless Applications},
     author={Joel Sequeira, Steffie Tom, Shruti Mardolkar and Yeshudas Muttu},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={3},
     number={12},
     pages={185--190},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV3I12049.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

In this paper a novel design of compact microstrip antenna with impedance of 187Ω is proposed. The antenna consists of a rectangular patch with slits on the top face and a partial ground with slots at the rear end. The antenna is fabricated on FR-4 epoxy dielectric with relative permittivity of 4.4. The designed antenna has the capability of operating at 5.78GHz for wireless applications. Single element, 1x2 array and 1x4 array has been designed and it is studied that from single element design to the 1x4 array design the antenna gain has kept on increasing respectively. The proposed antenna has Omni-directional radiation pattern and it also poses a relatively excellent return loss. Radiation pattern is measured in antenna anechoic chamber. Feed line used has characteristic impedance of 50Ω. Antenna parameters such as return loss and radiation pattern show reasonable agreement with the simulated results. The antenna simulation is done using the Zeland Ie3D simulation software.

FR-4, Gain, Ie3D, Omni-directional, Return loss