Table 2.

Design parameters of the dipole antenna with a centre frequency of 1 GHz.

s. no.	parameter	symbol/formula	value
1	centre frequency	fc	1 × 109 Hz
2	speed of light	c	3 × 108 m s−1
3	wavelength	λ = c/f	0.3 m
4	resonance factor	Rf	0.46
5	antenna length	L = Rf × λ	138 mm
6	arm length	La = L/2	69 mm
7	antenna radius	La/20	3.45 mm
8	gap size	La/100	0.69 mm
9	bandwidth	fl to fh	0.92 to 1.12 GHz
10	reflection coefficient	S11	<−10 dB
11	input voltage	V0	1 V
12	input impedance	Z0	78 Ω
13	transmitted power	Pt	6.6 mW
14	far-field gain	G	1.7