Investigation on Substrate Materials Effects in Aluminum Tape Dipole-Based Antenna

Abstract

A dipole antenna is one of the most commonly used antenna for telecommunication. This research discusses substrate effects, design optimization, and fabrication of dipole antennas at a frequency of 600 MHz. This frequency is included in television frequency. The fabrication was done to compare the simulation results with the real implementation. Fabrication uses two different substrate materials, namely Styrofoam and Acrylic. Aluminum tape conductors that have 3 different width types, namely 1 cm, 2.5 cm, and 5 cm were used as the patches. Research has been carried out by determining the operating frequency, designing, simulating, optimizing, and testing. The testing location is Telkom University, 4th floor of the School of Applied Science, Bandung. Design performance can be seen from the simulation and implementation results. In this paper, the antennas with aluminum foil tape which has 3 different widths have been fabricated and presented in this paper. The results in this research are compared and analyzed the simulation and measurement results.