Title :
A 2.4-GHz printed meander-line antenna for USB WLAN with notebook-PC housing
Author :
Lin, C.-C. ; Kuo, S.-W. ; Chuang, H.-R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng-Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
Abstract :
A 2.4-GHz meander-line antenna printed on a USB-WLAN card is presented for WLAN applications. The HFSS 3-D EM simulator is employed for design simulation. The printed meander-line antenna is realized on a FR-4 PCB substrate. The measured VSWR is less than 2 from 2.4 to 2.5 GHz. Besides different orientations, the meander-line antenna printed on a simulated USB-WLAN card was attached to the side wall of a notebook-PC to investigate the PC housing effects on the antenna radiation patterns.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; electronics packaging; microstrip antennas; wireless LAN; 2.4 to 2.5 GHz; HFSS EM simulator; PCB substrate; USB-WLAN card; WLAN application; antenna radiation pattern; notebook-PC housing; printed meander-line antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Circuit simulation; Connectors; Current distribution; Polarization; Printed circuits; Universal Serial Bus; Wire; Wireless LAN; Antenna; WLAN; meander-line; notebook-PC housing; printed;
Journal_Title :
Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LMWC.2005.855387
