Open AccessCROSSED OVAL-RING SLOT ANTENNA WITH TRIPLE-BAND OPERATION FOR WLAN/WIMAX APPLICATIONS
Author(s) -
De Shui Cai,
Zhenya Lei,
Chen Han,
Gao-Li Ning,
Rong Bing Wang
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
progress in electromagnetics research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1937-6480
DOI - 10.2528/pierl11092810
Subject(s) - wimax , ground plane , antenna (radio) , slot antenna , ring (chemistry) , microstrip antenna , return loss , microstrip , patch antenna , electrical engineering , electrical impedance , acoustics , physics , telecommunications , optics , engineering , wireless , chemistry , organic chemistry
This paper presents the design of a crossed oval-ring microstrip slot antenna to achieve triple-frequency operation for WLAN/WiMAX applications. The proposed antenna is composed of a rectangular microstrip feed line and a ground plane on which three crossed oval-ring slots are etched. The three crossed slot loops finally excite three resonant modes and the resonant frequencies of the proposed antenna are mainly controlled by the dimensions and locations of the slot loops. The antenna prototype is fabricated and the characteristics are experimentally verified. The measured impedance bandwidths for triple operating bands can reach 840/670/940MHz with return losses larger than 10 dB, which is enough for WLAN/WiMAX communication. In addition, good radiation characteristics with moderate peak gains are obtained and the measured and simulated results show a good agreement.
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