Miniaturized Rectangular Slotted Nameplate Antenna Design for Satellite and Radio Determination Applications

• Main Authors: Thangavelu Shanmuganantham, Deepanshu Kaushal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) 2017-12-01
• Series: ETRI Journal
• Subjects: Coaxial feeding mechanism; HFSS v‐15; Nameplate; Radio determination; Slotted
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4218/etrij.2017-0099

A slotted rectangular nameplate antenna design with a patch bearing the name of the first author is presented. A 6.8 mm × 26 mm × 1.6 mm substrate of FR‐4 epoxy material having a relative permittivity of 4.4 and a dielectric loss tangent of 0.02 is used. Additionally, the feeding technique used is a coaxial mechanism. The standard antenna design parameters, including the reflection coefficient, bandwidth, radiation pattern, gain, directivity, and voltage standing wave radio (VSWR) for the proposed prototype are analyzed using a high‐frequency structure simulator (HFSS) v‐15, and are compared to the measured results. The designed structure may be considered for different satellite‐ and radio‐determination applications at the respective resonant frequencies.