A Compact Microstrip Slot Triple-Band Antenna for WLAN/WiMAX Applications

Author

Dang, Lin ; Lei, Zhen Ya ; Xie, Yong Jun ; Ning, Gao Li ; Fan, Jun

Author_Institution

Sci. & Technol. on Antenna & Microwave Lab., Xidian Univ., Xi´´an, China

Volume

9

fYear

2010

fDate

7/2/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1178

Lastpage

1181

Abstract

A compact triple-band microstrip slot antenna applied to WLAN/WiMAX applications is proposed in this letter. This antenna has a simpler structure than other antennas designed for realizing triple-band characteristics. It is just composed of a microstrip feed line, a substrate, and a ground plane on which some simple slots are etched. Then, to prove the validation of the design, a prototype is fabricated and measured. The experimental data show that the antenna can provide three impedance bandwidths of 600 MHz centered at 2.7 GHz, 430 MHz centered at 3.5 GHz, and 1300 MHz centered at 5.6 GHz.

Keywords

WiMax; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; slot antennas; wireless LAN; WLAN; WiMAX; compact microstrip slot triple-band antenna; frequency 1300 MHz; frequency 2.7 GHz; frequency 3.5 GHz; frequency 430 MHz; frequency 5.6 GHz; frequency 600 MHz; ground plane; microstrip feed line; Antenna measurements; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Slot antennas; WiMAX; Wireless LAN; Microstrip slot antenna; WLAN/WiMAX; triple-band antenna;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2010.2098433

Filename

5661801