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A coupling‐fed multiband antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications
Author(s) -
Zuo Shaoli,
Yin Yingzeng,
Zhang Zhiya
Publication year - 2010
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.25197
Subject(s) - wimax , omnidirectional antenna , microwave , wi fi , electrical engineering , antenna (radio) , interoperability , engineering , electronic engineering , telecommunications , wireless , computer science , wireless network , operating system
A coupling‐fed printed monopole antenna applied to wireless local area network/worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WLAN/WiMAX) applications is proposed. By using a pair of branch‐shaped strips, which are symmetrical with a gradual changing strip, the proposed antenna exhibits multiband performance to meet the requirements of WLAN in the 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz bands and WiMAX in the 2.5/3.5/5.5 GHz bands. The proposed antenna has good omnidirectional radiation characteristic owing to its symmetric structure and achieves gains to be 2.44, 3.74, 3.3, and 2.02 dBi at 2.4, 3.5, 5.2, and 5.8 GHz, respectively. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52: 1283–1286, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.25197