Review and Design of a Simple 60 GHz Microstrip Antenna for Enhanced 5G Performance

The emergence of 5G technology has drawn the attention of researchers to the 60 GHz frequency spectrum which provides a wide bandwidth and massive data transfer with high data rates and low latency communication. Wireless systems utilizing 60 GHz enable multiantenna systems and several applications on the contrary to lower carrier frequencies. In this study, the prominence of the 60 GHz frequency is explained with references to various studies, information from web pages, and publications. While offering faster data transfer compared to 4G and Wi-Fi signals, unfortunately, it has a shorter range. The effectiveness of 60 GHz is only applicable for unobstructed distances; the range decreases significantly in the presence of obstacles. Attenuation is another important issue, because of the oxygen at 60 GHz frequency, most of the signal is absorbed, so it is thought that it will be preferred more for indoor applications and wireless office communication. Technologic progresses continue rapidly, perhaps by increasing the number of sectors of base stations, beam forming technology or mesh networking between electronic devices the long distance issue can also be eliminated. In this study, an antenna design was also given after the review of 60 GHz and 5G, as a research side and it had –8.7 dB S11 value and 5.54 dBi gain. The designed micro strip antenna, particularly at 60 GHz, holds significant potential for various applications and contributes to the advancement of future communication technologies. Some potential applications include: 5G, wireless local area networks, indoor wireless communications, short range communication links, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint links, IoT, advancement in mm wave technology and so on with high data rate