Compact Asymmetric Coplanar Strip Fed Monopole Antenna for Multiband Applications

Author

Deepu, V. ; Raj, Rohith K. ; Joseph, Manoj ; Suma M.N ; Mohanan, P.

Author_Institution

Cochin Univ. of Sci. Technol., Kerala

Volume

55

Issue

8

fYear

2007

Firstpage

2351

Lastpage

2357

Abstract

A compact asymmetric coplanar strip fed monopole antenna for multiband applications is presented. The antenna exhibits three resonances around 1.8, 2.4, and 5.6 GHz covering the DCS/PCS/UMTS/IEEE 802.11b/g/IEEE802.11a/HIPERLAN2 bands. The multiband characteristic of the antenna is due to the various meandered current paths excited in the radiating structure. The antenna has an overall dimension of only 2830 when printed on a substrate of dielectric constant 4.4. The uniplanar design, simple feeding technique and compactness make it easy for the integration of the antenna into circuit boards. Details of the antenna design, experimental and simulated results are presented and discussed.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; UHF antennas; antenna feeds; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; monopole antennas; multifrequency antennas; permittivity; strip lines; wireless LAN; DCS; HIPERLAN2; PCS; UHF antennas; UMTS; asymmetric coplanar strip fed monopole antenna; dielectric constant; frequency 1.8 GHz; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 5.6 GHz; microwave antennas; monopole antennas; multiband antennas; wireless LAN; Antenna feeds; Coplanar waveguides; Dipole antennas; Distributed control; Dual band; Frequency; Mobile antennas; Personal communication networks; Resonance; Wireless LAN; Asymmetric coplanar strip (ACS); mobile antennas; monopole antennas; multiband antennas; printed antennas; uniplanar;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2007.901847

Filename

4286030