Design of a compact U-shaped slot triple band antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications

This article presents a small, low-profile planar microstrip antenna that is applicable for both WLAN and WiMAX applications. The goal of this paper is to design an antenna which can excite triple-band operation with appreciable impedance bandwidth to combine WLAN/WiMAX communication specifications simultaneously in one device. The designed antenna has a compact size of 10 × 26 mm². The proposed antenna consists of an inverted U-shaped slot radiator and a defected ground plane. Overall the design method and parametric study found appropriate dimensions, which provides three distinct bands I from 2.40 to 2.52, II from 3.40 to 3.60 and III from 5.00 to 6.00 GHz that covers entire WLAN (2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz) and WiMAX (2.5/3.5/5.5) bands. Finally, a prototype antenna was fabricated and experimentally characterized to verify the design concept as well as to validate the simulation results. Thus the simulation results along with the measurements show that the antenna can simultaneously operate over WLAN and WiMAX frequency bands.     

Compact wideband antenna for 2.4 GHz WLAN applications

A novel compact wideband antenna for wireless local area network (WLAN) applications in the 2.4 GHz band is presented. The proposed low profile antenna of dimensions 15/spl times/14.5/spl times/1.6 mm offers 18.6% bandwidth and an average gain of /spl sim/5 dBi. The antenna can be excited directly using a 50 /spl Omega/ coaxial probe.     

A compact semi-open wideband SIW horn antenna for K/Ku band applications

In this paper, a new slotted compact semi-open substrate integrated waveguide horn antenna is presented. The proposed antenna comprises three different sections namely; feeding, matching, and radiation sections. The feeding and radiation sections are matched within 13.6–25 GHz using an appropriate embedded slotted feeding structure. Also, best efforts have been made to achieve a more compact antenna in comparison with previous works. The experimental measurements of the fabricated antenna are in good agreement with simulation results. The fabricated antenna occupies 34 × 28 × 3.175 mm³ (2.1 λ₀ × 1.93 λ₀ × 0.19 λ₀) where λ₀ is the free space wavelength at 19.3 GHz. The proposed antenna provides a gain of 8.3–12.13 dBi together with 59% relative impedance bandwidth.     

Compact coplanar waveguide fed ultra wideband antenna with a notch band characteristic

A coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with a notch band characteristic is presented for 2.4 GHz and UWB applications. The bandwidth is broadened by embedding two inverted L-shaped slots in the CPW ground and the notch band is achieved by etching a rectangle slot in the CPW ground. The notched band can be controlled by adjusting the length of the rectangle slot and the two inverted L-shaped slots. Experimental and numerical results show that the proposed antenna with compact size of 28 × 21 mm², has an impedance bandwidth range from 2.38 GHz to 12.0 GHz for voltage standing-wave ratio (VSWR) less than 2, expect the notch band frequency 5.0–6.0 GHz for HIPERLAN/2, IEEE 802.11a (5.1–5.9 GHz) and C-band (4.4–5 GHz) for satellite and military applications.     

Asymmetric U-shaped printed monopole antenna embedded with T-shaped strip for bluetooth,WLAN/WiMAX applications

Wireless Networks - In the present paper, a microstrip line fed compact monopole printed antenna is designed for Bluetooth, WLAN and WiMAX applications. The designed antenna has a compact size of...     

Probe-fed wideband AMC-integrated hexagonal antenna with uniform gain characteristics for WLAN applications

Wireless Networks - Demand of antennas those possess wide radiation bandwidth while operating in S-band for wireless communication systems is increasing day by day. Thick substrates are popular...     

A narrow-frame antenna for WWAN/LTE/WiMAX/WLAN mobile phones

In this paper, we present a novel narrow-frame antenna with a size of 75 × 8 × 5.8 mm³ for 5.7 in. mobile phones. The antenna mainly consists of a monopole with four branches that are coupled to a two-branch grounded strip. Our antenna is able to cover more bands than other narrow-frame antennas by excitation of several resonant modes. The improved range of the antenna covers the following eleven bands: LTE700, GSM850, GSM900, DCS, PCS, UMTS, LTE2300, LTE2500, LTE3400 (3400–3800 MHz)/WiMAX3.5 GHz (3400–3650 MHz), WLAN5.2 GHz (5150–5350 MHz) and WLAN5.8 GHz (5725–5875 MHz). Another advantage of the proposed antenna is that it does not need any lumped element to match the antenna. The working principles of the proposed antenna are thoroughly studied. A prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated and measured, with the results in good agreement with the simulation results.     

CLIP antenna for wireless bluetooth applications

In this paper, a novel design for a coplanar waveguide antenna is developed that consists of two U-shaped slots. The antenna is named CLIP. The antenna was designed for a central frequency of 2.4 GHz, with an input impedance of 50 /spl Omega/. The antenna dimensions represent a 72% size reduction compared to a conventional microstrip rectangular-patch antenna. The measured antenna bandwidth was about 11%, while its gain was about 17 dB. These values are fairly acceptable in all wireless communication systems. The antenna configuration has a bidirectional radiation pattern, while a unidirectional radiation pattern was achieved by using a /spl lambda//sub 0//4 reflector with a metal plate. A 2/spl times/2 multi-element sub array was implemented to widen the application area. The mutual coupling between adjacent elements was low. Orthogonal-plane coupling between adjacent elements was introduced to increase the reduction in the mutual coupling. The mutual coupling level was reduced to less than -23 dB in all coupling planes. The CLIP antenna element and arrays were fabricated. Experimental measurements showed very good performance, which agreed well with simulation results.     

A miniaturized metamaterial slot antenna for wireless applications

A novel miniaturized five band metamaterial inspired slot antenna is reported. The proposed design consists of a ring monopole and metamaterial Rectangular Complementary Split Ring Resonator (RCSRR) as the radiating part, two L and one T–shaped slot as the ground plane, respectively. Miniaturization in the proposed design is accomplished by metamaterial RCSRR, and also, it helps the antenna to operate at 2.9 and 5.2 GHz frequency bands. The aforementioned miniaturization process leads to about 46.8% reduction in volume of the proposed design, as compared to the conventional antenna. The pass band characteristics of the metamaterial RCSRR through waveguide medium are discussed in detail. In order to enhance the operating abilities of the miniaturized antenna, slots are etched out in the ground plane, thereby making the miniaturized antenna further operate at 2.4, 5.6 and 8.8 GHz, respectively. The proposed design has an active patch area of only , with dB bandwidth of about 4.16% (2.35–2.45 GHz), 5.71% (2.63–2.76 GHz), 10.25% (4.44–4.92 GHz), 6.25% (5.42–5.77 GHz) and 2.39% (8.68–8.89 GHz) in simulation, and about 6.86% (2.25–2.41 GHz), 5.01% (2.55–2.7 GHz), 9.16% (4.58–5.02 GHz), 5.38% (5.79–6.11 GHz) and 5.42% (8.44–8.91 GHz) in measurement. The antenna has good impedance matching, acceptable gain and stable radiation characteristics across the operational bandwidths.     

On topology modifications for wideband antenna miniaturization

Introducing various topological modifications is a common practice in the design of miniaturized wideband antennas. Some examples of successful alterations include ground plane stubs or slits below the feed line. In general, novel antenna topologies are reported on the case-to-case basis, often in the form of geometry evolution supported by parameter sweeps, supposedly demonstrating the benefits of the particular changes made to the device. The fundamental problem of such approaches is that neither the reference nor the modified structures are properly optimized. Due to complex interactions between geometry parameters and electrical/field properties of the antenna, the actual suitability of specific topology modifications is therefore unclear or even may lead to performance degradation. In order to illustrate this point, three antenna structures selected from the available literature are considered with geometry parameters rigorously optimized in order to find the minimum-size designs, with and without particular topology changes introduced by the authors of the respective papers. The results indicate that the optimization process virtually removes the said modifications and the optimized antenna footprints are smaller without these. The major message of the work is that conclusive assessment of the suitability of any geometry changes requires proper optimization of all relevant antenna parameters. Numerical results presented in the paper are validated experimentally.     

Dual stop band frequency selective surface for C and WLAN band applications

A miniaturized unit cell design of Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) to produce stop band characteristics for two bands is presented. The presented unit cell structure is showing the band filtering characteristics for dual frequency band specifically C-band for satellite communication and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The designed FSS structure is comprised of I shaped and modified I shaped metallic strips. The distinct unit cells of suggested are investigated for band filtering characteristics and finally integrated on a single unit cell for dual-band filtering applications. The I shaped and modified I shaped unit cell is producing band filtering properties at center frequencies like 4 GHz and 5.5 GHz respectively. The presented FSS design is modeled on an FR-4 substrate with dielectric constant of 4.4 and the dimension of the unit cell is 10 × 10 × 1.6 mm³. The fabricated FSS structure is simulated and measured for its characteristics verification like S₁₁ and S₂₁ and it has been found a satisfactory agreement in simulated and measured results.     

用于WLAN/WiMAX的双频紧凑型天线

提出了一种新型共面波导馈电的小型双频宽频带天线。天线由一环形单极子和一矩形贴片组合而成,矩形贴片嵌在环形单极子内部,使得天线结构紧凑。天线分别由矩形贴片和环形单极子辐射产生高低两个工作频段,实测高低频段带宽可覆盖无线局域网络(WLAN)和微波存取全球互通(WiMAX)全部通信频段。同时,天线在各工作频段内具有良好的全向辐射特性。实测和仿真的结果基本吻合,从而验证了这种设计方法的有效性。     

一种应用于WLAN/WiMAX的双频微带天线

提出了一种适用于WLAN/WiMAX的小型化双频微带天线。在矩形辐射贴片表面加载2/5形缝隙,改变矩形辐射贴片表面电流路径,使电流有效路径增加,实现天线的双频特性。通过电磁仿真软件HFSS 15.0对天线模型进行仿真分析。结果表明,天线可同时工作于WiMAX2.60 GHz和WLAN5.15 GHz频段,低频段和高频段的相对带宽分别为4%(2.53~2.64 GHz)和6%(5.14~5.48 GHz),最大增益分别为4.47 dB和1.35 dB,能够满足WLAN和Wi MAX的通信需求。天线整体辐射性能良好、结构简单、容易集成于前端电路。     

Multiband monopole antenna loaded with Complementary Split Ring Resonator and C-shaped slots

This paper presents a compact semi circular monopole antenna loaded with Complementary Split Ring Resonator (CSRR) and two C-shaped slots is proposed for Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and C-band applications. The size of the proposed antenna is 20 × 20 × 0.5 mm³. The resonance frequency of WiMAX (3.73 GHz) is achieved by introducing CSRR slots on the ground plane. To realize multiband characteristics for GSM (1.77 GHz), WiMAX (2.6 GHz) and C-band (4.15 GHz), two C-shaped slots of quarter wavelength are introduced in radiating element. The extraction procedure of negative permittivity for the proposed CSRR is discussed in detail. The proposed antenna is fabricated and measured. Simulated and measured results are in good agreement. Omni directional radiation pattern is obtained in H-plane and bi directional radiation pattern is obtained in E-plane. Parametric study of CSRR and C-shaped slot are examined to obtain best results. The proposed antenna has significant advantages, including low profile, miniaturization ability, and good impedance matching.     

Compact triple band antenna for WLAN/ WiMAX applications

A low profile printed antenna with triple band operation is presented for simultaneous use in wireless local area network (WLAN) and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) applications. The antenna consists of a rectangular radiating element fed asymmetrically by a 50 Omega microstrip line and a shaped trapezoidal ground plane. Rectangular horizontal strips are attached to the radiation element to form different current paths which make the antenna resonate in WLAN and WiMAX frequency bands. The antenna operates in dipole configuration outlining overall dimensions of 38 times 30 times 0.8 mm³.     

Printed modified loop antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications

A printed modified loop antenna design for wireless communication applications in WLAN and WiMAX operation in the 2.4 GHz bands is presented. This antenna combines omnidirectional, high gain and broad bandwidth performance in an easy to fabricate structure. The experimental results of the constructed prototype are presented     

Compact uniplanar antenna for WLAN applications

A compact dual-band uniplanar antenna for operation in the 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN/HIPERLAN2 communication bands is presented. The dual-band antenna is obtained by modifying one of the lateral strips of a slot line, thereby producing two different current paths. The antenna occupies a very small area of 14.5times16.6 mm² including the ground plane on a substrate having dielectric constant 4.4 and thickness 1.6 mm at 2.2 GHz. The antenna resonates with two bands from 2.2 to 2.52 GHz and from 5 to 10 GHz with good matching, good radiation characteristics and moderate gain     

Multiband antenna with parasitic branches for laptop applications

A novel, low-profile internal antenna with multiband characteristic and narrow shape is reported which can be easily fabricated and embedded into a laptop computer. Two parasitic branches are designed to obtain wide bandwidths covering the GSM850, GSM900, DCS and PCS frequency bands. Measured parameters including VSWR, radiation patterns, three-dimensional peak gain and average gain are presented to validate the proposed design.     

A novel wideband antenna design using U-slot

U-slot patch antennas with П-shaped feed slot are studied, and numerical results based on the FDTD method are presented. The effects of varying physical parameters are investigated with a goal of understanding the coupling among different resonators. It is found that the U-slot patch antenna can be designed to attain 50% impedance bandwidth as well as 30-40% gain bandwidth. By altering the sizes of U-slot and feed slot, the wideband characteristic can be changed into a duai-frequency char- acteristic.     

A miniaturized multiband reconfigurable fractal slot antenna for GPS/GNSS/Bluetooth/WiMAX/X-band applications

A novel miniaturized multiband reconfigurable fractal slot antenna for switchable GPS/GNSS/Bluetooth/WiMax/X-band is reported. By utilizing a Koch fractal in the radiating part miniaturization of about 78.8% and 86% are achieved in volume and active patch area respectively. Multiband operations at 1.47–1.65 GHz (BW = 11.5%) GPS, 2.2–2.43 GHz (BW = 9.9%) Bluetooth, 3.4–3.89 GHz (BW = 13.4%) middle WiMAX, 5.61–5.84 GHz (BW = 4%) upper WiMAX and 9.8–10.73 GHz (BW = 9.05%) X-band, are achieved by slotted ground approach in conjunction with Complementary Split Ring Resonator (CSRR). Frequency reconfiguration characteristics in the antenna is accomplished by placing a PIN diode in the ground plane; thus making the antenna to exhibit switchable radiations at 1.91–2.34 GHz (BW = 20.73%) Bluetooth, 3.72–3.89 GHz (BW = 4.46%) middle WiMAX, 4.92–5.33 GHz (BW = 8.0%) upper WiMAX and 10.16–10.70 GHz (BW = 5.1%) X-band, under “ON” condition. During “OFF” condition, antenna exhibits switchable performances at 1.59–1.84 GHz (BW = 14.57%) GPS/GNSS, 3.77–4.12 GHz (BW = 8.87%) middle WiMAX, 5.1–5.35 GHz (BW = 4.78%) upper WiMAX and 10.27–10.62 GHz (BW = 3.35%) X-band. The antenna has a compact area of 35 × 30 mm², and exhibits acceptable gain, stable radiation patterns and good impedance matching at the targeted frequencies.