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Multiband Micro-strip Patch Antenna

Amandeep Kaur1, Parminder Singh2, Kulwinder Singh3
M. Tech (Microelectronics)
Punjab Technical University (PTU), Jalandhar
rajiv820@yahoo.com

Abstract
This paper presents a design of multiband micro-strip patch
antenna with ability of controlling the number of bands and
operating frequency independently. In this paper based on idea of
multiband design[1],the results are far better in terms of various
parameters like return loss, directivity, bandwidth etcetera which
can be implemented practically to get better performance.
The designs consist of a main radiating patch and four sub
patches fed by a 50ohm micro-strip line. It is designed to
generate up to five separate modes to cover the frequency range
0.9GHz -3GHz for the operation of wireless applications which
includes GSM,DCTS,UMTS,WLAN and WiMAX.

frequency for each band with good return loss, directivity,

bandwidth etcetera.

II. ANTENNA GEOMATRY

The geometry and detailed dimensions of the proposed antenna is
depicted in figure 1 and table1.The antenna consists zof dielectric
substrate of 1.57mm thickness and ground plane. The antenna is
mounted on FR4 substrate with relative permittivity of 4.4 and
loss tangent 0.02.The main rectangular patch antenna was first
designed (W0, L0) to operate in the Wireless Local area Network
band from (2400 to 2483.5 MHz) while the four sub patches have
been injected to the main radiating patch to induce multiband
frequencies for different other standards and applications.

Keywords: Rectangular patch, Ground Plane, Multi-band, U-slot.

I. INTRODUCTION
With the rapid growth of the wireless mobile communication
technology, the future technology needs a very small antenna and
also the need of wide band and multiband antenna is increased to
avoid using two antennas. Micro-strip patch antenna is promising
to be a good candidate for the future technology. Micro-strip
patch antenna consists of a dielectric substrate, with a ground
plane on the other side. Due to its advantage such as low weight,
low profile planer configuration, low fabrication cost and
capability to integrate with microwave integrated circuit
technology. The micro-strip patch antenna are well suited for
applications such as wireless communication system, cellular
phones, pagers, radar system and satellite communication system
[2, 3].
Different techniques have been investigated to design
independent multiband antenna reported in [4].As a different
approach to the multiband antenna design three different
frequencies were achieved and controlled by employing two
folded parts to the main radiating patch [5]. Furthermore, four
slots were added to a planer inverted F antenna (PIFA) to control
the bandwidth and resonating frequency for WiMax applications.
Related work on five band antenna has also been submitted in[1].
In this paper, a multiband micro-strip patch antenna is proposed.
The return loss for first GSM and DCTS has increased
significantly and antenna is radiating properly in different
frequency bands. The design presented in this paper aims to
achieve a multiband design with independent control of central

The design was initiated from the basic conventional patch

antenna, which can be calculated from the equations given in
[6].The fine tuning of length, width and position of the feeding
lines results in the final targeted WLAN band (24002483.5MHz).To induce five resonant frequencies, the first sub
patch was added to generate the second band among the five
targeted frequencies. Adding sub patch to the structure generate
the resonant frequency for the GSM900band (880-960MHz),sub
patch 2 target the Digital Communication System(DCS1800)
band from 1710 to1880MHz.A U shaped slot is incorporated to
sub patch 2 to achieve required matching for the band resulting
in a return loss of -30dB.To generate an additional band a long
current patch is needed.
Another band has been generated after adding sub patch 3
targeting world Interoperability for Microwave Access WiMax
applications up to 2.9GHz [7],[8].
A rectangular slot is attached to sub patch 3 to achieve a -30dB
return loss and to lower the resonant frequency. Since one of the
objectives of this study is to investigate the ability of getting
multiband support from small conventional antennas and to
easily control the generated resonant frequency with good return
loss and directivity, sub patch four has been added supporting the
UMTS band from 1920-2170MHz [9],[10].

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Fig. 1: Schematic of the five band antenna

Fig. 2: Frequency response graph (S11) return loss

III. SIMULATED RESULTS

The design is simulated using CST Microwave software and
radiation pattern of different resonant frequencies is shown in
figure3(a)-(e).The simulated return loss is in very good

agreement with the simulated five band results obtained with

CST Software. The return loss obtained for different resonant
frequencies is far better and is in good match for practical
implementation of antenna The return loss achieved after
simulation went up-to -39.7dB.

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Table 1: Dimensions of multiband antenna in MM

W0

L0

W1

L1

W2

L2

50

25

10

26

W3

L3

W4

L4

Wf

Lf

26

12

25

3.5

12.5

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

2.5

2.25

2.25

2.75

2.25

S7

S8

D1

WB

Substrate

Thickness

2.75

27

FR4

1.57

W0

L0

W1

L1

W2

L2

50

25

10

26

W3

L3

W4

L4

Wf

Lf

26

12

25

3.5

12.5

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

2.5

2.25

2.25

2.75

2.25

S7

S8

D1

WB

Substrate

Thickness

2.75

27

FR4

1.57

(a)

(b)

(d)

(c)

(e)
Fig. 2: Radiation Patterns at different frequencies

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IV. SIMULATED RESULTS
So, in a nutshell this antenna is designed to operate at five
different modes at 0.9136GHz, 1.7215GHz, 1.8118GHz,
2.3697GHz and 2.8077GHz for Global System for Mobile
Communication (GSM), Digital Communication System
(DCTS), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS)
and World Wide Microwave Interoperability for Microwave
Access (WiMAX) with better good Return loss and Directivity.
All patches are radiating at good frequency pattern as compared
to [1].

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