Effect of Dielectric Cover Thickness Analysis on Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna in Wi-Fi Applications

Abstract

This paper studies the effect of dielectric covers or superstrate with different thickness on rectangular microstrip patch antenna. The proposed antenna is designed at 2.4GHzfrequency using method of transmission line model. The dielectric covers or superstrates are providing protection to the antenna from different environmental hazards conditions. The HFSS electromagnetic simulation software is used for simulating the antenna using different dielectric superstrate covers. The different cover thickness affects is investigated on microstrip antenna and compared their performance with and without superstrates.