Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 April 2017
In this paper, the concept of perturbation theory is applied to derive a general electric field (E-field) expression for any arbitrary-shaped microstrip patch antenna. The arbitrary shape is created by adding small perturbation in a regular patch shape, which is used to find perturbed and unperturbed electromagnetic wave solutions for resultant E-field of patch antenna. Ansoft HFSS simulator is used to validate the derived field expression in curvilinear coordinates for a regular circular-shaped patch. Then the proposed field analysis is applied to develop two new arbitrary-shaped patches in C-band for desired E-field patterns.