Open AccessMetallic short backfire antenna with halved size and wideband characteristics
Author(s) -
Liu Longsheng,
Wang Han,
Li Yue,
Zhang Zhijun,
Feng Zhenghe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2014.0747
Subject(s) - wideband , antenna (radio) , materials science , electronic engineering , telecommunications , optics , computer science , acoustics , electrical engineering , engineering , physics
A short backfire antenna is proposed for 5.2/5.8 GHz wireless local area network (WLAN) applications. Wideband impedance matching is achieved by employing a truncated monopole as the exciter. Moreover, power‐handling capability could be enhanced by the all‐metallic configuration. The proposed antenna with halved size has two configurations when placed on a ground plane to meet the demands for different applications.