Comparison of the Performance of Microstrip Antenna at 2.4GHz Using Different Substrate Materials
Nandini Ammanagi1, Rahul Khadilkar2, Akash Harwani3, Disha Budhlani4, Disha Dembla5
1Nandini Ammanagi,  Asst. Professor, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, V.E.S. Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.
2Rahul Khadilkar,  Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, V.E.S. Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.
3Akash Harwani,  Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, V.E.S. Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.
4Disha Budhlani,  Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, V.E.S. Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.
5Disha Dembla, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, V.E.S. Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.
Manuscript received on March 20, 2014. | Revised Manuscript received on April 02, 2014. | Manuscript published on April 30, 2014. | PP: 73-75  | Volume-3, Issue-4, April 2014. | Retrieval Number:  D2829043414/2013©BEIESP

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Abstract: This paper discusses the performance of various dielectric substrates, having dielectric constants ranging from 2 to 5. These designs are basically rectangular micro strip patch antennas for wireless communication resonating at 2.4 GHz. They are simulated using the evaluator’s version of the software IE3D and their performances are compared with respect to ‘return loss v/s frequency’ and ‘vswr v/s frequency’ parameters. The comparison is made for four dielectric substrates: FR4, RO-3003, PTFE(Teflon) and Poly guide. Analysis of each is done and compiled using MATLAB to show relative performance.
Keywords: Antenna, Dielectric substrate, IE3D, Microstrip, Rectangular Patch.