M. M. Islam

Dual-Band Operation of a Microstrip Patch Antenna on a Duroid 5870 Substrate for Ku- and K-Bands

The dual-band operation of a microstrip patch antenna on a Duroid 5870 substrate for Ku- and K-bands is presented. The fabrication of the proposed antenna is performed with slots and a Duroid 5870 dielectric substrate and is excited by a 50 Ω microstrip transmission line. A high-frequency structural simulator (HFSS) is used which is based on the finite element method (FEM) in this research. The measured impedance bandwidth (2 : 1 VSWR) achieved is 1.07 GHz (15.93 GHz–14.86 GHz) on the lower band and 0.94 GHz (20.67–19.73 GHz) on the upper band. A stable omnidirectional radiation pattern is observed in the operating frequency band. The proposed prototype antenna behavior is discussed in terms of the comparisons of the measured and simulated results.

A Compact 5.5 GHz Band-Rejected UWB Antenna Using Complementary Split Ring Resonators

A band-removal property employing microwave frequencies using complementary split ring resonators (CSRRs) is applied to design a compact UWB antenna wishing for the rejection of some frequency band, which is meanwhile exercised by the existing wireless applications. The reported antenna comprises optimization of a circular radiating patch, in which slotted complementary SRRs are implanted. It is printed on low dielectric FR4 substrate material fed by a partial ground plane and a microstrip line. Validated results exhibit that the reported antenna shows a wide bandwidth covering from 3.45 to more than 12 GHz, with a compact dimension of 22 × 26 mm2, and VSWR < 2, observing band elimination of 5.5 GHz WLAN band.

Circularly polarized high gain S band antenna for nanosatellite

A circular polarized highly directional S band patch antenna for small satellite applications has been proposed in this invention. The proposed antenna comprises of a square ground plane and two circular radiating patches with annular circular slot fed by a coaxial probe. The circular slot in the radiating patch is responsible for creating resonance at the S band. The prototype is can be easily integrated with a small satellite due to the simplicity of the design. The modification of the circular shape patch by cutting circular shape slots help to excite the resonance at the desired frequency. The simulation and the experimental results have a good agreement. The proposed antenna has achieved an impedance bandwidth of 55 MHz (2.380 GHz-2.435 GHz) and axial ratio (AR) < 3 dB is about 35 MHz (2.410 MHz-2.445 MHz) in the operating band. The prototype has achieved a gain of 8.13 dBi at centre frequency of 2.42 GHz. The directional radiation pattern, circular polarization (CP), and high gain characteristics make the proposed antenna suitable for small satellite applications.

A Double Inverted F-Shape Patch Antenna for Dual-Band Operation

A double inverted F-shape patch antenna is presented for dual-band operation. The proposed antenna is comprised of circular and rectangular slots on a printed circuit board of 40 mm × 40 mm × 1.6 mm with a 50 Ω microstrip transmission line. Commercially available high frequency structural simulator (HFSS) based on the finite element method (FEM) has been adopted in this investigation. It has a measured impedance bandwidths (2 : 1 VSWR) of 18.53% on the lower band and 7.8% on the upper band, respectively. It has achieved stable radiation efficiencies of 79.76% and 80.36% with average gains of 7.82 dBi and 5.66 dBi in the operating frequency bands. Moreover, numerical simulations have been indicated as an important uniformity with measured results.

A compact disc-shaped super wideband patch antenna with a structure of parasitic element

In this paper, a disc-shaped monopole antenna has been investigated for super-wideband applications with a structure of parasitic element. The proposed SWB antenna consists of disc-shaped patch and a partial ground plane with a structure of parasitic element. The parasitic element consists of 4 rectangular embedded slots on the ground plane. This parasitic element on the ground plane leads the UWB frequency band into the SWB frequency band. This proposed SWB antenna is fed by a microstrip line and is printed on low dielectric FR4 material of 1.6 mm thickness. All the simulations are performed using commercially available, finite element method (FEM) based Ansoft high-frequency structure simulator (HFSS) software and CST Microwave Studio. Measured results exhibit that the proposed disc-shaped antenna shows a wide bandwidth which covers from 2.90 GHz to more than 20 GHz, with a compact dimension of 25 mm x 33 mm for VSWR = 2062. 22) are a good deal sounder than the existing super wideband antennas which make it appropriate for many wireless communication systems such as L, C, X, UWB, Ku, and SWB bands.

Detection of breast cancer using electromagnetic techniques: A review

Breast cancer is the most well-known malignancy of non-skin and the second leading reason of cancer death among the women in the world after the lung cancer. In this review, the development of the microwave imaging system is described for breast cancer detection depending on the ultra-wideband imaging system, which is a promising emerging technology that uses the dielectric contrast between malignant, benignant and normal fibro glandular breast tissues at the microwave frequen- cies. Some breast cancer detection techniques such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Mammography, Ultra-Wide Band (UWB), Ultrasound and their performances have also been reviewed. There are some restrictions of the existing UWB imaging systems such as they have no ability to detect the breast tumor at the beginning period, having no 3D pictorial representation of tumor size in all systems and a multiple array antenna in respect of complex system. This encourages the improvement of the extended signal processing techniques for ultra-wideband imaging systems and initiates a more appealing imaging scenario. The limitations and running challenges of the microwave imaging system have been discussed completely with some feasible suggestions. Confidently, this thorough survey has been done here to overcome this limitations of the existing and proposed systems.

Omni-directional microstrip monopole antenna for UWB microwave imaging system

A miniaturized ultra-wideband antenna is presented for using in microwave imaging systems. This antenna structure consists of a radiating patch, a microstrip transmission line, and a partial ground plane which provides a wide bandwidth covering from 3.65 GHz to more than 11 GHz frequency. It has overall dimensions of 16 mm × 21 mm× 1.6 mm with a compact size. Negligible distortion is observed from the time domain characteristic of the proposed UWB antenna. It is appropriate for using in the field of microwave imaging systems due to its short pulse operation. The proposed antenna shows good directional radiation pattern, considerable gain level, surface current distribution and correlation coefficient for using in the microwave imaging systems.

Miniaturized dual band Y shaped antenna by high dielectric ceramic filled bio plastic composite material

A miniaturized multiband printed antenna designed for high dielectric ceramic filled Bio plastic composite material is presented. The multiband antenna formed by Y shaped patch with a partial ground plane. The performance benchmarks of the proposed antenna have been experimentally verified by fabricating a printed prototype. The experimental results confirm that the proposed antenna achieves −10 dB impedance bandwidth of 10.07% (1.79-1.98 GHz) at lower band and 8.83% (2.38- 2.6 GHz) at the upper band, respectively. The antenna configuration and parametric study have been carried out with the help of the commercially available EM simulator and a good harmony is apparent between experimental and numerical results. Moreover, the antenna has a simple planar structure of a small area of only 38 mm × 40 mm. The proposed antenna can operate PCS1900 and WLAN bands. Good radiation characteristics, gain and radiation efficiency are obtained over these operating bands.

Bird Face Microstrip Printed Monopole Antenna Design for Ultra Wide Band Applications

Abstract In this paper, a novel bird face microstrip printed monopole ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna is investigated. The proposed compact antenna consists of a ring-shaped with additional slot and slotted ground plane on FR4 material. The overall electrical dimension of the proposed antenna is 0.25 λ×0.36 λ×0.016 λ and is energized by microstrip feed line. The Computer Simulation Technology (CST) and the High Frequency Structural Simulator (HFSS) is applied in this analysis. The impedance bandwidth of the monopole antenna cover 3.1–12.3 GHz (9.2 GHz, BW) frequency range. The messurement displayed that the designed antenna achieved excellent gain and stable omnidirectional radiation patterns within the UWB. The maximum gain of 6.8 dBi and omnidirectional radiation pattern makes the proposed antenna that is suitable for UWB systems.

Design of a triple frequency band patch antenna on FR4 substrate material

In this paper, a triple frequency band patch antenna has been presented on FR4 substrate material. The proposed antenna has been designed on 40 mm× 40 mm printed circuit board and has been excited by microstrip line. High frequency structural simulator (HFSS) based on the finite element method (FEM) has been adopted. This antenna has been composed of circular and rectangular slots to generate multiple resonances. Return loss has been obtained below -10 dB from 9.52 GHz to 16.63GHz. The result has achieved stable Omni directional radiation pattern. The proposed multiband patch antenna has been discussed in details.