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Abstract

A simple, low-profile, and broadband antenna is presented in this paper for bandwidth enhancement. The compact antenna is achieved through a 50% miniaturization of a full-mode substrate integrated waveguide (FMSIW) antenna, known as the half-mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW). The low-profile design is the result of the thin substrate thickness. However, the miniaturized and low-profile antenna suffers from narrow impedance bandwidth, which limits its application in antenna implementations. To address this issue, this paper proposes a broadband antenna in a single HMSIW cavity, offering a simple solution. The broadband performance is achieved by the merging of triple resonances. These triple resonances are generated by the combination of TE₁₀₁, TE₁₀₂, and TE₂₀₂ modes, which are induced by a semi-rectangular ring slot on the top layer of the cavity. Good agreement is observed between the simulation and measurement results. The simulated fractional bandwidth (FBW) is 29.53% (9.67-13.02 GHz), while the measured FBW is 32.05% (9.51-13.14 GHz). Two identical antennas with different polarization directions are obtained by mirroring one of them with respect to the other.

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Dr. Dian Widi Astuti

Dr. Huda Bin Abdul Majid

Dr. Syah Alam

Dr. Andri Setyawan