Microstrip Antenna Design by Entrenching the Ground Plane Around the Patch 
Dhanasekaran Sundararaj1, Padmanabhan K2, Ananthi Sabapathy3
1S.Dhanasekaran, Pursuing Ph.D, Department of Network Systems & Information Technology, University of Madras Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
2K.Padmanabhan, A.I.C.T.E. Emeritus Professor, Anna University Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
3S.Ananthi, Professor, Department of ECE, MVJCE College, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India.
Manuscript received on 25 August 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 01 September 2019 | Manuscript Published on 14 September 2019 | PP: 267-269 | Volume-8 Issue-5S3, July 2019 | Retrieval Number: E10590785S319/19©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.E1059.0785S319
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Abstract: A new approach to enhance the Front-To-Back Ratio (FTBR) of aninset fed microstrip patch antennabyentrenching the ground plane encircling the patch is described in this paper.By entrenching the groundplane around patch,backlobe of the antenna getssuppressed. The FTBRhas been improvedto a value of 48.25 dBi, which is very much higher compared to the FTBR of reference microstrip antenna 13.29 dBi.
Keywords: Microstrip Antenna, Back lobe Suppression, Front-To-Back Ratio.
Scope of the Article: Microstrip Antenna