A Systematic Approach for the Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Microstrip Antennas Using Inkjet Printing Technology

Table 3

Tabulated comparison of the experimental and simulated results.

	Copper			Sliver
	Simulation		Measured	Simulation		Measured
	CST	HFSS		CST	HFSS
𝑓𝑜/GHz	2.43	2.39	2.37	2.41	2.39	2.44
𝑆11/dB	−22	−17.8	−16.8	−11.9	−11.41	−15.2
Bandwidth/MHz (𝑆11 is −10 dB or lower)	22	28	41	26	63	80
Bandwidth %	9.03	11.6	14.8	10.7	26.3	32.7
𝑓𝑜 Shift %	2.4	0.92	—	1.18	2.16	—
Gain/dB	6.3	6.7	5.9	5	5.3	4.6