Simple Patch Antenna

Introduction

A simple patch antenna for 2.4 GHz.

This tutorial covers:

  • Setup a patch, substrate and ground.

  • Setup of a lumped feeding port.

  • Adding a near-field to far-field (nf2ff) recording box.

  • Calculate the S-Parameter of the antenna.

  • Calculate and plot the far-field pattern

Python Script

Get the latest version from git.

Images

S11 over Frequency

S-Parameter over Frequency

Input Impedance

Antenna Input Impedance

Farfield pattern

Farfield pattern for the xy- and yz-plane.