Wideband Microstrip Antenna Design for Power Harvesting

Abstract

A 1×2 array microstrip patch antenna with defected groundplane structure (DGS) has been designed and simulated. This antenna design is intended for power harvesting application. Several simulation steps have been conducted such as simulating single microstrip antenna without DGS, then simulating single microstrip antenna with DGS, and simulating 1×2 array microstrip antenna without DGS. The last simulation yields wider bandwidth but the gain is still low. Antenna design still needs improvement to fulfill power harvesting requirements.