International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vol 15, No 6: December 2025

H-shaped terahertz patch antenna with metamaterials for biomedical applications

Saidi Alaoui, Kaoutar (Unknown)
Younes, Siraj (Unknown)
Jaouad, Foshi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2025

Abstract

This paper presents the design and simulation of an H-shaped terahertz microstrip patch antenna integrated with a metamaterial (MTM) layer to enhance performance for biomedical sensing applications. The antenna modeled using high frequency structure simulator (HFSS), is optimized for 4.37 THz operation. While FR4 is used in simulations for baseline analysis, alternative low-loss substrates such as polyimide or quartz are recommended for practical THz applications. The antenna design uses an FR4 substrate with a dielectric constant of 4.4 and a thickness of 2 μm. Ground plane, feed line, and patch are made of copper material. The integration of the MTM enhance clearly the antenna characteristics. This integration helps to improve the antenna impedance matching; the reflection coefficients was enhanced from -25.01 to -63.10 dB. Additionally, this integration boost also the antenna radiation characteristics, increasing the gain from 2.62 to 3.86 dB and the directivity from 3.57 to 4.97 dB.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJECE

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE, ISSN: 2088-8708, a SCOPUS indexed Journal, SNIP: 1.001; SJR: 0.296; CiteScore: 0.99; SJR & CiteScore Q2 on both of the Electrical & Electronics Engineering, and Computer Science) is the official publication of the Institute of ...