Design and Performance Analysis of a 24 GHz Series-Fed $1 \times 5$ Antenna Array with Material Deformation for D2D Applications

This paper presents the design and simulation of a 24 GHz
$1\times 5$
series-fed microstrip patch antenna array and its performance analysis with structural deformation. The optimized design comprises of 5 antenna elements arranged in series, where the entire design is symmetric about the center antenna element. The parameters such as
$S_{11}$
, gain vs. theta plots are analyzed with and without the material deformation. The shape deformation analysis is indeed needed to determine the performance efficiency of the designed antenna when deployed on drones, where the antenna needs to be flexible enough to be aligned with the curvature of drone's body. The simulation results are analyzed to see how best can the proposed antenna array can perform with the structural deformation.