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A compact and wideband balance‐fed triangular‐monopole antenna for DCS/pPCS/UMTS/WLAN/WiMAX applications
Author(s) -
Chiu ChengNan,
Chen HungRuei
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.23266
Subject(s) - omnidirectional antenna , monopole antenna , wimax , umts frequency bands , electrical engineering , coaxial antenna , microstrip antenna , antenna efficiency , electronic engineering , dipole antenna , engineering , antenna (radio) , telecommunications , wireless
A compact and wideband balance‐fed triangular‐monopole antenna is newly proposed in this article for modern wireless applications. This balance‐fed antenna is for microstrip‐feeding with differential signals. The antenna is compact in size and has the attractive merit of insensitivity to the influence of size variation of the feed ground. A prototype of the antenna having adequate bandwidth for the DCS, PCS, UMTS, WLAN, and WiMAX bands was constructed and is shown. The simulated and measured results of its return loss and antenna patterns demonstrate the sufficient impedance‐matching bandwidth and omnidirectional radiation characteristic of the newly developed antenna, together with the attractive merit mentioned earlier. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 971–974, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23266