Design of meander line antenna for operating frequency of 2. Design and simulation of meander line antenna for wireless. Read 36947 times 0 members and 1 guest are viewing this topic. In our case, for the purpose of reducing the size of transponder, a meander line antenna mla is an attractive choice.
The substrate is made up of fr4 with the espr value of 4. A miniaturized 878mhz slotted meander line monopole. After miniaturaization, the cross dipole meander antenna has dimensions of l 325. It also offers 3d simulation, continuous modeling, and. In order to determine the performance of varying design parameters on impedance, resonance frequency, radiation pattern, etc. Software beta testing was provided by a group of fellow amateurs. The layout of the propose meander microstrip antenna 3. A triangular patch antenna for uhf band with microstrip feed. Design and analysis of meander microstrip antenna at. This work is brought to you for free and open access by the university graduate school at fiu digital commons. Two different designs of meander line antenna are investigated, using conductor line and parasitic. To meet modern design requirements, pcb antenna software provides the antenna geometrical and. Antenna integration is a complex multiscale and multidomain problem.
Cst studio suite is a highperformance 3d em analysis software package for designing, analyzing and optimizing electromagnetic em components and systems. Figure 4 radiation pattern of meander line antenna figure 3 shows the simulation of the designed meander line antenna. Design of planar meander line antenna ieee conference. The antenna is fabricated on a doublesided fr4 printed circuit board using an etching. A meander line antenna can be realized by bending the conventional linear monopole antenna to decrease the size of antenna 4. This paper proposes an electrically two type of smallsize antenna that is based on the meander antenna structure that. Inductor and capacitor equivalent of microstrip line 1 interdigital cap and meander line inductor at 2. A return loss of 32db at 80 ghz and 26db at ghz was obtained for the design. These transmitted radio signals are received with the help of patch antenna and generated with gnuradio software. These requirements induce multiobjective problems, which are formulated, solved, and analyzed.
What are some good software tools for antenna design and. Prototype fabrication is done using photolithography technology. A monopole antenna needs a return path for current. Aug 29, 2016 simscale is a cloudbased web application that plays a key part in simulation software for many kinds of industries. Design and simulation of triangular shaped meanderline.
Dipoles are balanced antennas and are the most fundamental form of antennas. Return loss of quadruple microstrip meander slot antenna 16. Antenna modeling used to be the domain of scientists and engineers with very expensive antenna ranges covering acres and acres of land strewn with expensive equipment. Ads software is used to compute the bandwidth, gain, directivity, and s11 of the antenna. Qn908x ble antenna design guide nxp semiconductors. The main purpose of ansof is making simulation easy and accessible to a wide audience, so the software has been designed for everyone interested in electromagnetics and electronics. Meander line antenna mla is an electrically small antenna which poses several performance related. Electromagnetic field solvers for applications across the em spectrum are contained within a single user interface in cst studio suite. Design and analysis of meander microstrip antenna at wireless. Microstrip meander slot antenna with quadruple behaviour of antenna achieves better return loss of.
A meanderline antenna cannot provide high directivity. Chris paul dives deep on getting traded, lob city, and donald sterling laugh out loud network duration. Design and analysis of a folded meander dipole antenna using. What i will also like to know is how skycross seem to be able to use this design technique to control the radiation patterns and obtain a broadbanddualabnd antenna with acceptable gain. This paper presents several applications of multiobjective optimization to antenna design, emphasizing the main general steps in this process. Moreover, a cross dipole meander method also was proposed. Slots and meander line are introduced to increase an e. Design, fabrication, and characterization of a dual. In this section, all the pcb designs will have their layouts using pads 9. The design of an effective meanderline antenna for rfid purposes requires. A photograph of the fabricated prototype is shown in figure 2 figure 2. Design of meanderline antennas for radio frequency.
Design and simulation of triangular shaped meanderline antenna. The antenna is fabricated on a doublesided fr4 printed circuit board using an etching technique. The simulation results show that this antenna was able to work at the frequency of 7. Design and analysis of a folded meander dipole antenna using the mininec program pedro a. Simulation technology cst microwave studio mws software. Pdf design and simulation of meander line antenna for lte.
Index terms meander line antenna, mla, lte, design mla, simulation mla, log periodic mla. For that purpose, meander line antenna with partial ground plane has been designed to reduce the overall size of the antenna. If a return path is not specifically provided, such as the second element in a dipole for example, the rf will find a return path through other means. The proposed antenna was fabricated on fr4 substrate. This work describes the design and implementation of an antenna based on meander line. Microwave office software and cst is used for simulation designed process.
Designing and simulation of the antenna are done in ansoft hfss software, the project uses the scientific facility available at narl called gps radiosonde and receives the transmitted radio signals from radiosonde. Antenna modeling eznec tutorial by greg ordy, w8wwv for intermediate users. Then the design has been tested with the advantest network analyzer. Antenna design based on meander line technique to be. The microstrip patch antenna model used for the numerical simulation in ansoft hfss is shown in fig. What do hobbyists use if they have a desireneed to simulate a pcb antenna. Pcb antenna design software accurately analyzes the filters, microstrip lines, and passive components that make up a pcb antenna. The first resonance of meander dipole antenna is at 200 mhz. Hfss 3d simulation model of the proposed meanderline monopole antenna. Radiation impedance of a finite length monopole antenna in free space with the r esonant frequency of 2.
Abstract this application note describes the qn908x antenna design and selection. The best pcb antenna design software eases antenna implementation. Specifications of antennas usually involve many conflicting objectives related to directivity, impedance matching, crosspolarization, and frequency range. It is observed that a high gain was achieved at higher frequencies. Nov 26, 2017 chris paul dives deep on getting traded, lob city, and donald sterling laugh out loud network duration. Cst studio suite 3d em simulation and analysis software. Antenna modeling for beginners american radio relay league. This paper demonstrates the design and simulation of meander line antenna for a wireless local area network application using defected ground structure. Hi all, i will like to know the basics of designing a meander line antenna. Antenna design based on meander line technique to be applied. Photograph of triangular patch antenna with u slot 3. The radiation pattern of the meander line antenna was shown in fig.
To determine the width w, the microstrip patch antenna calculator was used to provide an initial starting point. Three types of feed structure can be implemented in proposed antenna, feed coplanar waveguide, inset feed, cpw and microstrip feed. It includes the antenna introduction and details on the. Simulation results return loss s 11 of proposed antenna at 0. The platform allows the use of computational fluid dynamics cfd, finite element analysis fea, and thermal simulation. Microwave office software is used for simulation designed process. Dipole antennas are also known as linear wire antennas. Parametric studies which include the number of turns, line thickness, ground width, length, and line space are discussed in order to achieve the optimum value of meander line antenna s gain. Figure 4 shows the radiation pattern of the meander line antenna. The software also assists with pcb antenna design by displaying metaldielectric layers, feeds, and connector types. The antenna was designed and analyzed using cst microwave studio software. Design and comparative study of meander antenna and. Antenna simulation the simulation has been starting with single element meander line antenna to operate in the frequency of 3. Simulation of meander inductor with patterned material on it 0 help.
These antenna simulation methods and tools can be used depending upon the kind of problem you want to solve. Mininec should not be confused with nec, which is a large antenna analysis program written in fortran and designed to run on mainframe computers. Design of quadruple microstrip meander slot antenna 16 fig. The study of different impedance meander line for microstrip.
M mana is an antenna analyzing tool based on the moment method introduced in mininec mini numerical electromagnetics code version 3. Antenna simulation software singapore broadtech engineering. The implementation was validated with classical antenna simulation software. Pdf design and simulation of meander line antenna for. The dipolemeander class creates a meander dipole antenna with four dipoles. The antenna is center fed and it is symmetric about its origin. Design and simulation of 1ghz simple dipole antenna using cst. A standard dipole antenna has an omnidirectional radiation pattern.
Results and discussion the simulation of the parameters for the antenna was done using agilent software ads2009 advance design system,figure 36 show the s parameter measurement for the rectangular meander microstrip antenna were presented, such. Comprehensive website of lb cebik, w4rnl silent key requires signup to access previously free but recently converted to a subscription services with the online magazine, hundreds of useful tutorials, models, and antenna design notes. With the proliferation of personal computers and affordable even free software, antenna modeling has become a popular amateur activity. Mar 27, 2009 two different designs of meander line antenna are investigated, using conductor line and parasitic. Design of meander slotted patch antenna for wireless. In the case of this meander antenna, the ground plane on the circuit board becomes part of the antenna and thus radiates. Miniaturization cross dipole antenna based on helix and. The major challenges in antenna integration modeling are accuracy, electrical size and scale, geometric complexity, platform materials, placement and cosite. Nov 29, 2016 how to select design and simulation software for antenna design the answer to this question depends to a great extent on the particular antenna problem that is to be analyzed. Meander line antenna mla is the most usage of antenna that use in lte. Antenna optimization using multiobjective algorithms.
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