Title :
A modified dipole Quasi-Yagi antenna to increase directivity and gain for WLAN application
Author :
Goh Tian Hock ; Goh Chin Hock ; Ghafil, Sura Fawzi ; Chakrabarty, Chandan ; Ismail, Rafidah
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Univ. Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, Malaysia
Abstract :
WLAN network is the most popular wireless network used for various electronic devices to exchange data. Electronic devices such as smart phone, laptop, printer, digital camera and smart TV are using the Wi-Fi antenna to exchange data wirelessly. However most of the Wi-Fi antenna is isotropic antennas which transmit and receive Wi-Fi signal omnidirectional. According to current IEEE 802.11n standard, omnidirectional Wi-Fi antenna has limitation to reach 250m maximum due to its low directivity. In this paper, a Quasi-Yagi antenna has been built to enhance antenna gain and directivity.
Keywords :
Yagi antenna arrays; dipole antennas; directive antennas; omnidirectional antennas; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11n standard; WLAN network; Wi-Fi signal; antenna directivity; antenna gain; dipole quasi-Yagi antenna; electronic device; isotropic antennas; omnidirectional Wi-Fi antenna; wireless data exchange; wireless network; Antenna measurements; Cutoff frequency; Dipole antennas; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Microstrip antennas; 802.11n; Quasi-Yagi; WLAN; Wi-Fi: omnidirectional;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy (PECon), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7296-8
DOI :
10.1109/PECON.2014.7062445
