Design and Analysis of Meander Line 5G Antenna using Transmission Line Model (TLM)

Popularity of 5G antennas is increasing rapidly due to extensive demand of IoT and improved communication. A meander-line antenna at 3.65 GHz has been designed in this paper for 5G communication. The structural parameters of this antenna are optimized using Transmission Line Model (TLM), one the most popular analytical techniques for analysis and synthesis of antenna. Trial and error approach using full wave simulators are mainly used for antenna design; however, this process can enhance RAM usage and time complexity of the process. TLM can reduce the simulation complexity as well as RAM usage for antenna design and analysis. Fabrication of the simulated antenna architecture has also been performed for verifying the antenna performance obtained from TLM technique. This technique can also be used for other types of 5G antennas. As per our survey, use of TLM is the novel approach for designing 5G meander-line antenna.