Double C-shaped monopole antenna array for dual band WLAN application

Author

Malek, F. ; Zainuddin, N.A. ; Abd Aziz, M.Z.A. ; Nornikman, H. ; Ahmad, B.H. ; Malek, M.F.A. ; Othman, M.A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Syst. Eng. Perlis, Univ. Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Arau, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

22-25 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

274

Lastpage

279

Abstract

In this paper, a printed two C-shaped monopole antenna array for dual-band WLAN application is presented. The proposed antenna array contains two C-shaped monopole with a shorting line for connecting the two arms of the antenna elements. The purpose of the shorting line is to neutralize the current between the two arms which in return can increase the isolation. A parametric study was also carried out to investigate various parameters that effect the antenna design. The proposed antenna has been designed and simulated by using CST Microwave Studio simulation software. The return loss and gain result of the fabricated antenna is 25.40 dB and 2.91 dB at 2.40 GHz and 16.20 dB and 2.82 dB at 5.20 GHz.

Keywords

design; monopole antenna arrays; telecommunication computing; wireless LAN; CST Microwave Studio simulation software; antenna design; double C-shaped monopole antenna array; dual band WLAN application; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Dipole antennas; Resonant frequency; Antenna array; antenna gain; monopole antenna; return loss; shorting line;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technology and Applications (ISWTA), 2013 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kuching

ISSN

2324-7843

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0155-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWTA.2013.6688786

Filename

6688786