Jurnal Teknik Elektro
Vol. 18 No. 1 (2026)

Bandwidth Enhancement of Proximity-Coupled Patch Antenna Using Dual Open-Ended Ring-Shaped Slots for Sub-6 GHz Applications

Rheyuniarto Sahlendar Asthan (Institut Teknologi Sumatera)
Mia Maria Ulfah (Institut Teknologi Sumatera)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2026

Abstract

This paper presents a bandwidth enhancement of patch antenna intended for sub-6 GHz applications. A square-shaped radiating patch is configured on a double-layer FR-4 dielectric substrates with a dielectric constant of 4.3 and a total thickness of 3.2 mm. To improve the impedance bandwidth, the antenna is fed using proximity-coupling method, in which the microstrip feeding line and the ground plane are placed on the top and bottom layers of the second substrate. Dual open-ended ring-shaped slots are subsequently introduced and etched on the radiating patch element to further enhance the antenna bandwidth. Various slot structures are evaluated, and their physical parameters are varied in a parametric study to analyze their effect on antenna performance, particularly impedance bandwidth. The proposed antenna has a compact dimension of 0.38λ0×0.38λ0×0.06λ0 and exhibits wideband characteristics with a fractional bandwidth of 22.3%.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jte

Publisher

Subject

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

Jurnal Teknik Elektro merupakan jurnal yang berisikan tentang artikel dalam bidang Teknik Elektro (Ketenagaan, Elektronika dan Kendali, Pengolahan Isyarat serta Komputer dan ...