Rectangular Microstrip Antenna Using Inductive Septums for Dual Band Operation with a New Resonant Mode

Rajeev Ranjan, Manish Kr. Verma, Shounak Mukherjee, Dhrubajyoti Ghosh, Sudipta Chattopadhyay

Department of ECE, Siliguri Institute of Technology, P.O-Sukna, Siliguri, Darjeeling 734009, WB, India.

DOI: 10.4236/jemaa.2012.47040                

Abstract

A novel rectangular microstrip antenna on conventional dielectric substrate with centrally loaded inductive septums are proposed for dual band operation. The proposed antenna has been thoroughly investigated and the results are presented in the paper. The conventional patch antenna fabricated on common substrates always resonates at its dominant TM₁₀ mode which produces the radiation field along its broadside direction. In the present investigation, the same microstrip antenna is designed on conventional substrate with centrally located inductive septums beneath the patch, with a view to develop a new resonant mode which will produce radiation like dominant TM₁₀ mode. The speciality of the proposed antenna is to excite a new resonant mode with good impedance bandwidth while the traditional dominant TM₁₀ mode is kept unaltered. A thorough quantitative analysis is presented to justify the reason of generation of new resonant mode along with the traditional dominant TM₁₀ mode. An easy and handful formulation has been established for calculation of the frequency for new resonant mode as a function of antenna parameters and the gap between the septums. The proposed idea has been verified through a commercial software package for a patch operating in C band and an excellent agreement is revealed.

Keywords

Dual Band; Inductive Septums; New Resonant Mode; Traditional TM₁₀ Mode

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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