Design and implementation of planar microstrip antenna sub-array for satellite TV reception

In this paper a novel design of planar microstrip antenna sub-array is presented. This sub-array can be integrated into different antenna arrays to reach suitable specifications for different applications such as TV receivers, and direct broadcast by satellite DBS systems. It has been implemented on Rogers substrate using printed circuit board PCB technology. Two metal layers have been used, reducing the overall fabrication cost in comparison with other antennas of more layers. The simulation results of the proposed sub-array have been obtained using ADS/Momentum software from Agilent Technologies and IE3D from Zeland Software. Comparison of their results shows very good agreement. This is a well achievement of validation of the simulated results. Comparison of the simulated and experimental results is adopted. They indicate very good agreement too. This ensures the functionality of the new design.