Research Article

Printed Wide-Slot Antenna Design with Bandwidth and Gain Enhancement on Low-Cost Substrate

Table 2

Dielectric properties of substrate materials.

Substrate materialRelative permittivity ( )Dielectric loss tangent Fraction achieved bandwidth (%) Antenna dimension

Glass microfiber reinforced PTFE2.330.001240.44369As Table 1 parameter
Epoxy resin-fibre glass4.600.0285.71429
PTFE ceramic10.200.002321.63934
Teflon2.100.0136.61017