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Design, Simulation and Analysis of a High Gain Small Size Array Antenna for 5G Wireless Communication

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Microstrip antennas have become a part and parcel of today’s wireless communication world because of their low profile, low cost and ease of fabrication in the circuit boards. But poor performances like narrow bandwidth, low power handling capability, low gain etc. confine their application in some cases. 5th generation (5G) wireless communication will suffer from path loss severely, as high frequency bands will be used. To manage this problem, high gain antenna is required. So, this research is mainly devoted to design a high gain 2 × 2 microstrip patch array antenna. The structure of the antenna is designed and simulated using CST Microwave Studio and operates at 28 GHz 5G band. Rogers RT-Duroid 5880LZ is used as the substrate which has a relative permittivity of 1.96. The return loss, gain, bandwidth, VSWR and efficiency of the designed 2 × 2 array antenna is 87 dB, 14 dBi, 1.14 GHz, 1 and almost 93% respectively.

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This work is supported financially by the “Center for Research and Publication (CRP) at International Islamic University Chittagong through the fund titled “IIUC Research Grant- 2018”, whose project ID is IRG-180105. We are cordially thankful to them for their undisputed help in this research project.

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Nabil, M., Faisal, M.M.A. Design, Simulation and Analysis of a High Gain Small Size Array Antenna for 5G Wireless Communication. Wireless Pers Commun 116, 2761–2776 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-020-07819-9

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