IE3D-Based C-Band Microstrip Patch Antenna Design for Radar Applications

• Lana Yeganova

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• Zhiyong Lu

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• W. John Wilbur

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ecent advancements in communication systems necessitate the creation of inexpensive,
lightweight, and low-profile antennas that can sustain good performance across a broad range of
frequencies. The design of a microstrip patch antenna has received a lot of attention because to this
technological shift. Designing a rectangular microstrip patch antenna that performs in C-band at
5GHz using microstrip line feeding is the aim of this paper. Thus, a Microstrip Patch Antenna with
increased gain and bandwidth is designed using the approach of moments based IE3D software. For
the study and design of 3D and planar microwave circuits, MMIC, RFIC, RFID, antennas, digital
circuits, and high-speed printed circuit boards (PCBs), IE3D is an integrated full-wave
electromagnetic modeling and optimization package. The most adaptable, user-friendly, effective,
and precise electromagnetic simulation tool is now IE3D. One crucial factor that controls the
antenna's resonance frequency is its length, which is almost half the wavelength of the dielectric.
Along with the feed line size, choosing the patch's width and length are crucial design
considerations. The IE3D simulator tool was used to simulate the desired patch antenna design. The
National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), ISRO, is where the entire project is being
conducted.

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