DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF PENTAGON MICROSTIP PATCH ANTENNA WITH RECTANGULAR SLOT FOR WIFI BACKHAUL CONNECTIVITY APPLICATION

In WIFI frequency band which we are using now a days, there are two WIFI frequency bands: Lower frequency WIFI band at 2.4 GHz and Higher frequency WIFI band at 5.8 GHz. The backhaul connectivity which is the backbone of the WIFI network delivers bandwidth from the POP's (point of presence) to the remote access network. The access point of the network is connected to POP through backhaul link. In this paper, a pentagon microstrip antenna with rectangular slot is designed and analyzed its properties for WIFI backhaul connectivity application at 5.8 GHz. The dielectric material FR4 with relative permittivity (ɛr) of 4.3 and loss tangent (δ) 0.025 has been used as a substrate material for designing of the proposed antenna. The thickness of substrate material used in suggested antenna is 1.6mm. The microstrip line feeding technique with patch insertion has been used to feed the power to the antenna with proper impedance matching of 50Ω so maximum power can transfer. The pentagon microstrip antenna with rectangular slot parameters has been analyzed in terms of directivity (dBi), return loss (dB), gain (dB) and VSWR, etc. The Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Studio Suite 2017 has been used for the analysis and simulation of pentagon microstrip antenna with rectangular slot antenna.