Research Article

Bandwidth Enhancement of a Backfire Microstrip Patch Antenna for Pervasive Communication

Table 3

Mathematical calculation for the proposed antenna.

Serial numberParametersValues for proposed antenna

1Design frequency 3 GHz
2Dielectric constant 4.3
3Height of substrate 1.5 mm
4Loss tangent of FR40.019
5Width of rectangular patch 30.7148 mm
6Length of rectangular patch 23.7388 mm
7Width of ground plane 39.7148 mm
8Length of ground plane 32.7388 mm
9Diameter of big reflector 50 mm
10Height of big reflector ( 25 mm
11Feed location:
(along length)
(along width)

12Length of antenna 26.5 mm