Design, analysis and fabrication of a microstrip slot antenna

Abstract

Antenna technology has come a long way in modern day electronics and communication world: from being a wire to printed technology. Most of the communication advancement is due to the rapid advancement in the field of antenna. High frequency electromagnetic signals are being used for communication and telemetry purposes. In this paper a antenna is designed for working in microwave frequencies The objective of this work is to design and simulate modern day advanced antenna and to obtain a better insight towards the working of an antenna and its characteristics.To keep design minimalistic and fabrication easy,a microstrip slot antenna is chosen.It is low profile simple to design and fabricate. Since microwave frequencies are being used nowadays,it would be apt to learn and analyse how an antenna works in those frequencies.Hence the idea is to design a mcirostrip slot antenna of resonant frequency 2.4 GHz,on a glass/FR4 substrate of 100mm,having a slot length 43mm and a slot width 1mm,with a microstrip line feed and stub matching,analyse and study about its characteristics,fabricate the design and test to see its conformance.