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A novel triple band printed antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications
Author(s) -
Thomas K. George,
Sreenivasan M.
Publication year - 2009
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.24650
Subject(s) - wimax , microstrip antenna , microwave , microstrip , wi fi , electrical engineering , return loss , bandwidth (computing) , engineering , telecommunications , monopole antenna , electronic engineering , wireless , antenna (radio) , physics , wireless network
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