11 September 2020 Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of microstrip patch antenna
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Abstract

We demonstrate a technique for fabricating microstrip patch antennas using femtosecond laser patterning followed by ultraviolet beam and chemical treatment. Initially, we design the physical parameters of both single-slot and double-slot microstrip patch antennas and simulate them using high-frequency structure simulator for optimization. Simulation results exhibit a return loss of −26  dB at the resonant frequency of 22.9 gigahertz (GHz) for single-slot microstrip patch antenna and −18.3  dB at 24.03 GHz for double-slot microstrip patch antenna. The three-dimensional polar plot and far-field radiation pattern of the microstrip patch antennas confirm excellent directivity of the antennas. Furthermore, we investigate the return loss of the fabricated microstrip patch antennas. For single-slot microstrip patch antenna, experimental result shows a return loss of −21.25  dB at 22.7 GHz. In contrast, double-slot microstrip patch antenna shows a return loss of −27  dB at 24.1 GHz. In addition, we compare the performance of the double-slot microstrip patch antenna fabricated using femtosecond laser-assisted technique and photolithographic technique and find better performance in the femtosecond laser-fabricated microstrip antenna. The proposed femtosecond laser-based technique is simple and shows promises in precise fabrication of high-quality microstrip antennas.

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Young-Jun Jung, Hun-Kook Choi, Bong Ahn Yu, Jongyeol Kim, Cherlhee Lee, Md. Shamim Ahsan, and Ik-Bu Sohn "Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of microstrip patch antenna," Optical Engineering 59(9), 096103 (11 September 2020). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.59.9.096103
Received: 14 June 2020; Accepted: 1 September 2020; Published: 11 September 2020
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KEYWORDS
Antennas

Femtosecond phenomena

Laser applications

Fabrication

Ultraviolet radiation

Optical lithography

Wet etching

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