OPTIMIZATION OF U-SLOT MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA USING GENETIC ALGORITHM

Abstract

In this work, an extensive design study of a u - slot microstrip patch antenna for dual band operation will be presented. This antenna consists of microstrip patch with U - slot. Feeding techniques namely probe - feeding and co - planar waveguide feeding have been used and the results compared. Genetic Algorithm has been used to optimize the antenna parameters. The simulated results indi cate that using co - axial feeding technique coplanar waveguide feeding results in a tremendous increase in bandwidth with Genetic Algorithm over other algorithms.