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http://dx.doi.org/10.12673/jant.2019.23.5.415

Design of Bent-Slotted High-Sensitivity Microstrip Patch Permittivity Sensor Antenna  

Yeo, Junho (School of Computer and Communication Engineering/Information and Communication Research Center, Daegu University)
Lee, Jong-Ig (Division of Mechatronics Engineering, Dongseo University)
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Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology / v.23, no.5, 2019 , pp. 415-423 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, a design method for a high-sensitivity microstrip patch sensor antenna (MPSA) loaded with a bent-slot was studied for the permittivity measurement. The bent-slot similar to a single-ring complementary split ring resonator was added along a radiating edge of the patch in order to enhance the sensitivity to the permittivity. The sensitivity of the proposed MPSA was compared with that of a conventional rectangular MPSA and a thin rectangular-slotted MPSA. Three MPSAs were designed and fabricated on a 0.76-mm-thick RF-35 substrate so that the input reflection coefficient would resonate at 2.5 GHz in the absence of the superstrate under test. When five different Taconic substrates with a relative permittivity ranging from 2.17 to 10.2 were used as the superstrate under test, experiment results show that the sensitivity of the proposed MPSA, which is measured by the shift in the resonant frequency of the input reflection coefficient, is 4.1 to 6.1 times higher than that of the conventional MPSA.
Keywords
High-sensitivity; Microstrip patch sensor antenna; Bent-slot; Superstrate; Permittivity sensor;
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