A Compact Antenna Array for Smart Grid Application

摘要

Advances in two-way communication are enabled by powerful, compact and low cost antenna design that can be easily implemented in today’s compact communication devices. The paper presents a novel, compact, low profile wide bandwidth microstrip antenna array. The total size of the antenna array is 29mm x 22mm x 2mm. This new design offers a wide fractional frequency bandwidth of about 36% with a gain from 4.7dB-6.6dB over the frequency band (5GHz – 7.2GHz). The antenna design and simulation was carried out using ANSYS’ HFSS software. The application of the antenna suits many communication sensory devices and systems currently proposed for interfacing with home and industry energy harvesting devices considered to be one of the most challenging elements in building reliable smart grid infrastructure.