Title :
An Omnidirectional Microstrip Antenna for WiMAX Applications
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., China Jiliang Univ., Hangzhou, China
fDate :
7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An omnidirectional broad-bandwidth microstrip array antenna is proposed, fabricated, and tested. The operating bandwidth of the antenna with usable broadside radiation patterns is about 1910 MHz (2.75-4.66 GHz), which is quite suitable for the application of the WiMAX 3.5-GHz system. The overall dimension of the antenna comes around 550 × 10 × 0.85 mm3. This antenna has the advantages of simple configuration, low profile, compactness, and low fabrication cost. Microwave experiments and numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate its functionalities.
Keywords :
WiMax; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; numerical analysis; WiMAX applications; broadside radiation patterns; frequency 2.75 GHz to 4.66 GHz; numerical simulations; omnidirectional broad-bandwidth microstrip array antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Gain measurement; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; WiMAX; Antenna; WiMAX; microstrip; omnidirectional;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2011.2118730
