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Regardless of the IoT application profile, every wireless communication transmission is enabled by highly efficient antennas. The role of the antenna is thus very important and must not be neglected. Considering the high demand of IoT applications, there is a constant need to improve antenna technologies, including new antenna designs, in order to increase the performance level of WSNs (Wireless Sensor Networks) and enhance their efficiency by enabling a long range and a low error-rate communication link. This paper proposes a new antenna design that is able to increase the performance level of IoT applications by means of an original design. The antenna was designed, simulated, tested, and evaluated in a real operating scenario. From the obtained results, it ensured a high level of performance and can be used in IoT applications specific to the 868 MHz frequency band.By inserting two notches along x axis, we find an optimal structure of the microstrip patch antenna with a reflection coefficient of \u221234.3 dB and a bandwidth of 20 MHz. After testing the designed novel antenna in real IoT operating conditions, we concluded that the proposed antenna can increase the performance level of IoT wireless communications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23031062","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,17]],"date-time":"2023-01-17T04:28:47Z","timestamp":1673929727000},"page":"1062","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":42,"title":["The Design and Development of a Microstrip Antenna for Internet of Things Applications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Liliana","family":"Anchidin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Computers, Electronics and Automation Department, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7734-4854","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexandru","family":"Lavric","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computers, Electronics and Automation Department, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8005-2115","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Partemie-Marian","family":"Mutescu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computers, Electronics and Automation Department, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6188-5610","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adrian I.","family":"Petrariu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computers, Electronics and Automation Department, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Valentin","family":"Popa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computers, Electronics and Automation Department, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 720229 Suceava, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lavric, A., Petrariu, A.I., Mutescu, P.M., Coca, E., and Popa, V. 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