Comparison of different shapes in microstrip patch antenna for X-band applications

A Microstrip Patch antenna for radar application is presented. There is a variety of shapes available for Microstrip patch antenna. In this paper, conventional shapes like Rectangular, Triangular and Circular Microstrip patch antenna are designed and analyzed. The antenna is designed to resonate at X-band frequency. The X-band frequency range lies between 8 to 12 Gigahertz and are widely used in radar applications. The substrate used by the antenna is the low cost FR4 (Flame Retardant) Epoxy. The Ansoft HFSS (High Frequency Structural Simulator) Version 12 software is used to analyze the results of different shapes of Microstrip patch antenna. The parameters like return loss, bandwidth, gain and directivity are compared and discussed in this paper.