Flexible Material Based Broadband Antenna for Both C-and X-band Applications

Authors Mahesh Valathuru1, Pokkunuri Pardhasaradhi1, A. Sudhakar2, Nagandla Prasad2, B.T.P. Madhav1 , Sudipta Das3 , T.V.S. Divakar2
Affiliations

1ALRC Research Centre, Department of ECE, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India

2Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, 532127, Andhra Pradesh, India

3Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, IMPS College of Engineering and Technology, Malda 732103, West Bengal, India

Е-mail pspokkunuri@kluniversity.in
Issue Volume 17, Year 2025, Number 4
Dates Received 14 April 2025; revised manuscript received 19 August 2025; published online 29 August 2025
Citation Mahesh Valathuru, Pokkunuri Pardhasaradhi, et al., J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 17 No 4, 04026 (2025)
DOI https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.17(4).04026
PACS Number(s) 84.40.Ba
Keywords Bandwidth, Broadband, S-parameter, Return loss, VSWR (4) .
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The proposed antenna contains a rectangular patch with semicircular slots on four corners to it for achieving a broader bandwidth. The bending analysis is done for the proposed antenna to show the antenna performance irrespective of any bending angle. A broad bandwidth can be achieved by introducing semicircular slots for each of its four sides. The prescribed antenna is designed on polyimide substrate, which had a permittivity of 3.5 and loss tangent of 0.0027. The copper material thickness contains 0.035 mm. The proposed antenna contains an overall size of 15 x 13 x 0.2 mm3. The simulated results confirm that the proposed antenna possesses peak resonant frequency at 8.2 GHz and operates from 5.6 to 9.6 GHz with a bandwidth of 4 GHz. In addition to having a bandwidth of 4 GHz, the suggested design also had an S11 value of – 27 dB and a VSWR value of 1.09 at the resonance frequency. Up to a bending angle of 30 degrees, the proposed antenna is achieving same response with a minor difference. Additionally, the proposed antenna consists of a gain of 7.6 dBi, and it has a radiation efficiency of 96 %. Analysis of the field and current distributions is presented in this article to show the effectiveness of the proposed antenna.

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