This article represents microstrip low-pass filter using defected ground structure (DGS) for the wireless communication application. DGS is used as the basic building block for the realisation of a low-pass filter. A low-Pass filter with a 23 dB cutoff frequency of 3.5 GHz has been designed and simulated using high frequency structure simulator. Tuning of frequency is carried out by changing the dimension of DGS. An equivalent LC circuit of proposed structure is derived and simulated it with advanced design system software. Proposed low-pass filter has been fabricated and provides better performance with compact size; it can be used in wireless communication application such as PCS-1900, UMTS, Bluetooth, WLAN, Wi-max, IMS, and RFID etc. V C 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:993-996, 2017; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com.ABSTRACT: The aim of this work is to design a low-profile Circularly Polarized Dielectric Resonator Antenna for the X-band frequency applications. With optimized design the proposed Cylindrical DRA (CDRA) fed by off-centered L shaped slot is showing characteristics of Circular Polarization in the proposed band. Two orthogonal arms of off-centered L shaped slot having different dimension excite the two TM 01d modes at 9.5 and 10.5 GHz, in addition both slots itself produce resonances nearly at 8.6 GHz. Combination of all these resonances is generating the nature of circular polarization near 9.5 GHz. Parametric study on designed antenna has been done in order to determine the effect of design parameters on the circular polarization. Axial Ratio bandwidth of 10.5% (1 GHz) and impedance bandwidth of 25% (2.3 GHz) at 9.5 GHz has been shown for single and simple feed low-profile CDRA. Prototype of optimized design has been fabricated for the validation and measured results have shown good agreement with simulated ones.