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Abstract

Broadband variations of a proximity fed circular microstrip antenna gap-coupled with narrow annular sectoral patches are proposed. The gap-coupling of pairs of parasitic annular sectors along the x- and y-axes of the fed patch tunes the spacing in between the fundamental modes on the respective patches that yields wider bandwidth. A maximum bandwidth of 728 MHz (55%) offering peak gain of nearly 9 dBi is obtained in the circular patch gap-coupled with four pairs of annular sectors along the x-axis. This bandwidth is around 13% larger than the bandwidth offered by a single circular microstrip antenna. Instead of using multiple sectoral patches, a gap-coupled design of circular patch with a stub loaded annular sectoral patch is presented. The stub tunes TM₀₂ mode frequency with reference to the fundamental modes on the circular and sectoral patches that yields bandwidth of 660 MHz (51%). Resonant length formulation and subsequent design methodology for all the proposed gap coupled configurations are presented, which helps in the re-designing of similar antennas at the given fundamental mode frequency. All the optimum and re-designed antennas are fabricated, and the measured results shows close agreement with the simulations.

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