Title :
A novel monopole antenna for WLAN access point applications
Author :
Chang, Fa-Shian ; Chen, Hong-Twu ; Chao, Kuo-Chien ; Chen, Wen-Shyang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., ROC Mil. Acad., Feng-Shan, Taiwan
Abstract :
A novel low-cost planar monopole antenna with high-gain and omnidirectional radiation characteristics for WLAN access point applications is presented. The proposed antenna comprises two planar patches arranged back to back and fed by a single probe. The antenna can be easily constructed and it is founded to have omnidirectional radiation characteristic in the azimuth plane and the antenna gain is about 5 dBi. Studies of the proposed antenna for WLAN operation in the 2.4 GHz band (2400-2484 MHz) are presented and discussed.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; monopole antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; wireless LAN; 2400 to 2484 MHz; WLAN access point; antenna feed; antenna gain; azimuth plane; high-gain antenna; low-cost planar monopole antenna; omnidirectional radiation characteristic; omnidirectional radiation characteristics; planar patches; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Dipole antennas; Frequency measurement; Gain measurement; Impedance measurement; Probes; Software prototyping; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8883-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2005.1551838
