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A multiband planar monopole antenna for mobile communication applications
Author(s) -
Mireles Elias,
Brar Manveer K.,
Moody Robert A.,
Varanasi Shiv K.,
Sharma Satish K.
Publication year - 2011
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.26227
Subject(s) - omnidirectional antenna , umts frequency bands , monopole antenna , electrical engineering , wimax , bluetooth , antenna (radio) , planar , radiation pattern , microwave , engineering , wireless , telecommunications , computer science , computer graphics (images)
A planar multiband antenna is proposed for mobile communication applications. The antenna performance is achieved by splitting a planar monopole antenna into two radiating elements. The combination of both halves generates the lower band by means of a meandered slot in the left side and rectangular slots in the right side while upper band resonances are, respectively, attained by each of these radiating elements separately. The antenna can be directly printed onto a circuit board at low cost and requires an area of 50 × 25 mm 2 . The manufactured antenna is experimentally verified and covers 11 wireless communication bands, namely, GSM850, GSM900, DCS, PCS, IMT‐2000, UMTS, UMTS‐2110, WLAN, ISM/Bluetooth, and WiMAX (2500–2690 MHz and 3400–3600 MHz) with acceptable omnidirectional radiation patterns. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26227