Design of Crescent Shaped 64-Elements Flexible Patch Antenna Array for the Application of Uterine Tumour Detection
Rajasree Hazra1, Chandan Kumar Ghosh2
1Rajasree Hazra*, Research Scholar, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (Formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology) – Makaut, WB, India .
2Chandan Kumar Ghosh, Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, West Bengal, India.
Manuscript received on December 17, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on December 28, 2019. | Manuscript published on January 10, 2020. | PP: 3080-3085 | Volume-9 Issue-3, January 2020. | Retrieval Number: C8651019320/2020©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.C8651.019320
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Abstract: In this paper, a crescent shape 64 (8 × 8) elements microstrip patch array, using rubber substrate is designed and simulated to function at 4 GHz for the application of uterine tumour detection. A comparison using various combinations of antenna array elements is also presented. The centre-to-centre patch element distance is kept 0.5λ (λ = guided wavelength) for the antenna array to control mutual coupling. Electromagnetic simulator Ansoft HFSS 13 is used for the simulation. Characteristic analysis e.g. return loss(RL), radiation pattern of patch antenna array have been investigated. This antenna is placed on human uterine phantom model and simulated to detect uterine tumour. 64-elements antenna array has been fabricated also. In this paper, RL of -26.8384 dB & antenna gain of 21.0271 have been achieved for the proposed array. Human uterine phantom model is designed and simulated by CST Studio Suite 2019.
Keywords: Flexible Patch Antenna Array, Human Uterus Phantom Model, Uterine Tumour Detection, Ansoft HFSS 13, CST Studio Suite 2019
Scope of the Article: Microstrip Antenna