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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
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2015
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Article
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Tab 1
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Research Article
Gain Enhancement of a Microstrip Patch Antenna Using a Reflecting Layer
Table 1
Comparison of the antennas’ parameters.
Design
(GHz)
(dB)
(dB)
(dBi)
VSWR
Impedance BW (MHz)
Size (
) mm
3
Sim.
Mrd.
First stage
2.423
−7.85
2.22
6.340
0.386
2.326
—
Second stage
2.411
−25.028
3.30
5.938
0.544
1.118
42.8
Third stage (proposed design)
2.45
−28.028
5.4
5.2
7.747
0.582
1.082
44.7
DB-CPWFA [
18
]
2.45 & 5.8
−15 & −37
7 & 6.8
6 & 8.5
—
—
—
245 & 745
Conventional [
19
]
2.344
−12.617
3.11
5.02
0.64
1.61
64.8
is the resonance frequency, Sim. is the simulated gain, Mrd. is the measured gain, VSWR is the voltage standing wave ratio,
is the width of the substrate,
is the length of the substrate, and
is the height of the antenna.