A novel triple band printed antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications

✍ Scribed by K. George Thomas; M. Sreenivasan

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 256 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-2477
• DOI: 10.1002/mop.24650

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A new microstrip‐fed triple band antenna is presented for satisfying wireless local area network (WLAN) and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) applications simultaneously. The antenna comprises a rectangular monopole fed by a microstrip transmission line to generate WLAN and WiMAX frequency bands and a circular disc monopole to resonate in 3.5 GHz WiMAX frequency band. A simple formula for calculating the resonant frequency is given. The antenna is simple in configuration outlining an overall dimension of 44 × 20 × 0.76 mm^3^. The measured 10 dB bandwidth for return loss is from 2.37 to 2.7, 3.23 to 3.70, and 4.29 to 6.58 GHz for WiMAX and WLAN applications. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 2481–2485, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24650