Dual Band Slot loaded Hexagonal Patch Antenna for 5G Applications

In this manuscript, a slot based hexagonal patch antenna has been proposed. Copper is used here as materials of patch and ground parts – whereas, Arlon AD 430 is used as the material for substrate. An open-ended slot is incorporated in ground plane to achieve proper impedance matching. A copper plate is placed at 20 mm distance from ground plane to increase the realized gain of this antenna. The designed antenna is tuned to two frequencies – 2.47 GHz and 3.68 GHz. Therefore, this antenna can be utilized for 2.45 GHz ISM band WLAN and sub 6 GHz 5G applications. This dual band antenna is radiating over 2.46 – 2.48 GHz with realized gain of 2.67 dBi and 3.69 – 3.71 GHz with 4.29 dBi realized gain. The fabricated antenna tuned to 2.52 GHz and 3.65 GHz.