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A dual‐wideband antenna with an open L‐slot for WLAN/WiMAX applications
Author(s) -
Luo Yang,
Yin Yingzeng,
Guo Yuanyuan,
Zhao Yang
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.26852
Subject(s) - wimax , wideband , telecommunications , antenna (radio) , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , computer science , engineering , wireless
A dual‐wideband antenna with an open L‐slot for wireless local area network (WLAN)/worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) applications is proposed.A rectangular radiator with an open L‐slot etched on the ground is used to cover 2.4∼3.69 GHz. To achieve dual‐band characteristic, a rectangular strip is inserted on the rectangular radiator horizontally to generate another band covering 5.15∼ 5.85 GHz. The two bands are relatively independent with each other. Experimental results show that the antenna can operate at two separate impedance bands (S 11 <−10 dB) of 1330 MHz (2.37∼ 3.70 GHz) and 1140 MHz (4.95∼ 6.09 GHz), which can cover all the 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN bands and the 2.5/3.5/5.5 WiMAX bands. Detailed design steps and experimental results are studied and investigated in this article. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:1499–1502, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26852