Abstract
This paper presents a comparative study on the effect of the polymer dielectric and magneto-dielectric substrates in antenna array. A 1×2 multilayer antenna array based on polymer magneto-dielectric (PDMS-Fe3O4) composite substrate have been designed and fabricated to evaluate the contribution of such substrate materials in antenna array performance and characteristics. The proposed antenna was compared with another antenna fabricated on multilayer dielectric polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrates which used as a reference antenna. Both antennas are operating at 5.8 GHz. The simulated and measured results of the proposed magneto-dielectric (PDMS-Fe3O4) antenna have shown an excellent enhancement in impedance bandwidth up to 1554 MHz (26.7%) compared to 470 MHz (8.1%) for a pure dielectric PDMS antenna that has the same substrate thickness. The gain and radiation efficiency of the magneto-dielectric based antenna is 7 dB and 60%, respectively, which indicate a good and satisfactory of antenna's performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2015 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, ISAP 2015 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9784885523038 |
| State | Published - 4 Apr 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, ISAP 2015 - Hobart, Australia Duration: 9 Nov 2015 → 12 Nov 2015 |
Publication series
| Name | 2015 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, ISAP 2015 |
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Conference
| Conference | International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, ISAP 2015 |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Hobart |
| Period | 9/11/15 → 12/11/15 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 The Institute of Electronics, Information and Comm.
Keywords
- PDMS
- PDMS-Fe3O4
- array antenna
- magneto-dielectric
- multilayered antenna
- polymer substrate
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Radiation
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering