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A novel compact dual‐band antenna for WLAN applications
Author(s) -
Li R.H.,
Shi X.W.,
Zhang N.,
Wang Y.F.,
Wang Y.J.
Publication year - 2012
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.26834
Subject(s) - multi band device , dual (grammatical number) , antenna (radio) , electrical engineering , electronic engineering , computer science , telecommunications , engineering , art , literature
A novel compact printed monopole antenna for wireless local area network (WLAN) applications is presented in this article.The proposed antenna consists of an L‐shaped monopole radiator and an arc‐shaped stub which can produce the required two bandwidths respectively. This antenna, fed by a 50‐Ω microstrip line, has a small size of only 20 mm × 25 mm. A prototype of the dual‐band antenna has been designed, fabricated and measured. Experimental results show that the presented antenna covers 2.2–2.6 GHz and 4.7–6.2 GHz with return loss less than −10 dB. Besides, the antenna has good radiation patterns in both E and H planes. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:1476–1479, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26834