Design of reflector microstrip patch antenna for LAPAN Surveillance UAV (LSU) application

Abstract

In the modern days, the development of UAV's communication encourages modified antenna design to fullfil its optimum requirement in aerodynamic system. PUSTEKBANG as aeronautic institution also develop this field through designing the antenna in compact model using microstrip patch design. This paper explains simulation result of microstrip patch antenna using reflecting layer in 5.8 GHz. The result shows that antenna gain increased more than twice at 5 dBi and return loss is getting lower in -20 dB by this proposed model than its previous conventional microstrip antenna design.