Dual-Port Microstrip Antenna Design for X-Band Satellite Applications

Abstract

Abstract-In this research work a dual-Port W-shaped slotted microstrip patch antenna. The proposed antenna covers the X-band satellite uplink (7.64 GHz to 8.68 GHz) frequency band making it suitable to be employed for satellite communication applications. In addition, this proposed antenna can be used for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication system, as well as MIMO satellite communication by reducing the mutual coupling between the two ports in order to enhance the isolation. In the proposed design the Rogers RT/duriod 5880 (tm) with 2.2 dielectric constant is used as substrate. The bandwidth of the designed antenna is 13% with resonant frequency of 8.26 GHz at -10 dB.