ENHANCEMENT OF BANDWIDTH OF RECTANGULAR PATCH ANTENNA USING TWO SQUARE SLOTS TECHNIQUES

The research in wireless communication has spurred the development of extra ordinary range of antennas, each with its own advantage and limitations. There are many applications where space is at premium, and where there is an urgent need for an antenna with the flexibility to efficiently combine the capabilities of multiple antennas. In fact rapidly developing market in personal communication systems (PCS), mobile satellite communications, direct broadband television (DBS) wireless local area networks (WLANs) suggest that demand for Microstrip antennas and array will increase even further. Conventional Microstrip patch antennas has some drawbacks of low efficiency, narrow bandwidth (3-6%) of the central frequency, its bandwidth is limited to a few percent which is not enough for most of the wireless communication systems nowadays. In this paper one of the efficient methods used for the enhancement of patch antenna bandwidth is the loading of rectangular microstrip patch antenna with two square slots across its side surface. This type of Microstrip patch antenna meets the requirement of operation for wireless applications. The proposed configuration is simulated and analyzed using GENESYS software package. The VSWR, input impedance and S11 performance are used for the analysis of the different configurations. The simulated results for square slots antenna structure give bandwidth of 311 MHZ. Feed point on the patch that gives a good match of 50 ohm. The results of the fabricated microstrip antenna give the bandwidth of 286 MHz.