A Novel Performance Analysis of the Microstrip Antenna Printed on a Cylindrical Body

Figure 9

Impact of changing radius of curvature (2 cm, 20 cm, and 2 m) of a circular microstrip patch (a) on the return loss in dB and (b) on the VSWR as a function of frequency. “Epsilam-10 ceramic-filled Teflon substrate, FEKO.”

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