Staircase rectangular-slot antenna with fed square patch for WiMAX applications

Author

Pongchompoo, Rachinan ; Santitewagul, Vuttipol ; Eungdamrong, Duangrat

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf., Comput. & Commun. Technol., Thammasat Univ., Pathumthani, Thailand

fYear

2009

fDate

18-21 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

3443

Lastpage

3446

Abstract

A low cost, compact size staircase rectangular-slot antenna fed by a square patch is presented in this paper. This antenna has broad bandwidth between 2.5 - 5.0 GHz, low loss, and omnidirectional radiation pattern. The structure of this antenna is similar to the conventional rectangular-slot antenna but the staircases are added to the border of the rectangular-slot to increase its bandwidth performance. In addition, the square patch is fed inside the slot to improve its return loss. The propose antenna was implemented and measured for verification. Simulation and experimentation results show good agreement in impedance bandwidth, return loss, and radiation patterns.

Keywords

WiMax; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; directive antennas; microstrip antennas; slot antennas; WiMAX applications; fed square patch; impedance bandwidth; omnidirectional radiation pattern; return loss; staircase rectangular-slot antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Application software; Bandwidth; Communications technology; Costs; Fabrication; Local area networks; WiMAX; Wireless communication; Rectangular-slot; WiMAX; antenna; patch; staircase;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ICCAS-SICE, 2009

Conference_Location

Fukuoka

Print_ISBN

978-4-907764-34-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-907764-33-3

Type

conf

Filename

5335069