• DocumentCode
    1494199
  • Title

    Small square slot antenna with circular polarisation characteristics for WLAN/WiMAX applications

  • Author

    Beigmohammadi, Gh. ; Ghobadi, Ch. ; Nourinia, J. ; Ojaroudi, Mohammad

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Urmia Univ., Urmia, Iran
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    672
  • Lastpage
    673
  • Abstract
    A small square slot antenna with circular polarisation characteristics for WLAN/WiMAX applications is presented. The proposed antenna consists of a microstrip feed line and a ground plane with a novel slot configuration which provides usable circular polarisation characteristics on the WLAN/WiMAX frequency bands. By optimising the length of the feed line, the total bandwidth of the antenna is greatly improved. Moreover, the desired circular polarisation characteristics are obtained by adjusting the number of slot arms in the ground plane. The designed antenna has a small size of 30 ?? 30 ?? mm2.
  • Keywords
    WiMax; microstrip lines; polarisation; slot antennas; wireless LAN; WLAN/WiMAX applications; WLAN/WiMAX frequency bands; circular polarisation characteristics; frequency 5.2 GHz; frequency 5.5 GHz; frequency 5.8 GHz; ground plane; microstrip feed line; slot arms; slot configuration; square slot antenna;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2010.0623
  • Filename
    5466334