Investigation of buffer layer parameters for underwater wideband antenna / Mariam Mat Saad
Underwater wireless systems require highly efficient underwater antennas to realize high data rate communication between underwater nodes. This project presents a study on buffer-equipped underwater wideband antennas to realize high speed underwater wireless transmission. Since most underwater envir...
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my-uitm-ir.810942024-07-28T06:03:00Z Investigation of buffer layer parameters for underwater wideband antenna / Mariam Mat Saad 2016 Mat Saad, Mariam Ultra-wideband antennas Underwater wireless systems require highly efficient underwater antennas to realize high data rate communication between underwater nodes. This project presents a study on buffer-equipped underwater wideband antennas to realize high speed underwater wireless transmission. Since most underwater environments are lossy mediums affecting the characteristics of conventional antennas, a buffer-layer configuration is considered. In this study, the proposed buffer layer parameters was in terms of the relationship between its dielectric constant and conductivity and RF characteristics of the antenna, by means of 3D-electormagnetic simulation. A microstrip circular patch ultra wideband (UWB) antenna operating at 500 MHz was used as the base antenna, to provide wider bandwidth capability for underwater communication, as most researchers only concentrate on narrow bandwidth. This study proposes buffer layer, with dielectric constant value calculated using geometric average formula. Simulation results indicated that the proposed formula produced the best return loss at 500 MHz. 2016 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/81094/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/81094/1/81094.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Electrical Engineering Ibrahim, ldnin Pasya |
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Underwater wireless systems require highly efficient underwater antennas to realize high data rate communication between underwater nodes. This project presents a study on buffer-equipped underwater wideband antennas to realize high speed underwater wireless transmission. Since most underwater environments are lossy mediums affecting the characteristics of conventional antennas, a buffer-layer configuration is considered. In this study, the proposed buffer layer parameters was in terms of the relationship between its dielectric constant and conductivity and RF characteristics of the antenna, by means of 3D-electormagnetic simulation. A microstrip circular patch ultra wideband (UWB) antenna operating at 500 MHz was used as the base antenna, to provide wider bandwidth capability for underwater communication, as most researchers only concentrate on narrow bandwidth. This study proposes buffer layer, with dielectric constant value calculated using geometric average formula. Simulation results indicated that the proposed formula produced the best return loss at 500 MHz. |
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