Design and Analysis of Microstrip Patch Antenna using Inset Feed Method for X-Band Application

Abstract

A Microstrip patch antenna has been proposed and designed for X-band communication due to its compact size, and low weight by using inset line feeding techniques. A resonant frequency used is 9.5 GHz which is between (8GHz-12GHz) which is for X band frequency space. Selecting a suitable substrate for dielectric materials can enhance the antenna performance for the next generation of space communication. In this paper Rogers RO3004C substrate is used having a dielectric constant of 3.55 and thickness of 1.5 mm is used as a substrate material for the designing of the proposed antenna. The different parameters are calculated and analyzed such as return loss, VSWR (Voltage standing wave ratio), radiation pattern, bandwidth, and S-parameter magnitude of the antenna are estimated using CST microwave studio software. The proposed microstrip antenna is having the main aim of x-band satellite applications, weather forecasting, medical purposes, and even military systems like radars, aircraft missiles.