Beam squinted Radial Line Slot Array antenna (RLSA) design for point-to-point WLAN application

Author

Imran, M.I. ; Riduan, A. ; Tharek, A.R. ; Hasnain, A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka

fYear

2007

fDate

4-6 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The radial line slot array (RLSA) Antenna is known for its good characteristics such as low profile, low cost, aesthetically pleasing, ease of installation and simple structure. This research involves the design and development of a novel linearly polarized beam squinted radial line slot array (RLSA) Antenna for IEEE 802.11a WLAN application operating on UNII frequency band standard, with frequency range of 5.72 - 5.875 GHz. The major part of this project includes the antenna prototype development processes. Measurements were done obtaining minimum return loss at 11 dB, antenna gain of 26 dB and a 12% antenna bandwidth with 63% radiation efficiency.

Keywords

slot antenna arrays; wireless LAN; RLSA design; antenna prototype development; beam squinted radial line slot array antenna; frequency 5.72 GHz to 5.875 GHz; gain 26 dB; loss 11 dB; minimum return loss; point- to-point WLAN application; radiation efficiency; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Costs; Frequency; Linear antenna arrays; Polarization; Prototypes; Slot antennas; Standards development; Wireless LAN; Beam Squinted Design; Radial Line Slot Array Antenna; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Electromagnetics, 2007. APACE 2007. Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Melaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1434-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1435-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APACE.2007.4603873

Filename

4603873