TY - JOUR T1 - Design and Simulation 4x4 Butler Matrix Array for ISM-Band AU - N. Salman Younis, Ayman JO - Journal of Mobile Communication VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 22 EP - 27 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1990-794x DO - jmcomm.2012.22.27 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jmcomm.2012.22.27 KW - microstrip KW -Butler matrix KW -Switch beam smart antenna system KW -electromagnatic KW -substrate KW -tangent AB - This study proposes an 4x4 planar microstrip array antenna with Butler matrix performing network can be used for a switched beam smart antenna system. The prototype antenna is operating in the ISM from 2.4-2.48 GHz for WLAN applications. The antenna is built on a FR4 substrate with relative permittivity of εr = 4.4, loss tangent of 0.02 and thickness of h = 1.6 mm. The performance of this smart antenna system was optimized and simulated by using commercially available full-wave, Method of Moment (MOM) based electromagnetic simulator Zeland IE3D. ER -