Compact and triple band meta-material antenna for all WiMAX applications

Author

Abdalla, Mahmoud ; Abdelnaby, Usama ; Mitkees, Abdelazez A.

Author_Institution

EE Dept., MTC Univ., Cairo, Egypt

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 2 2012

Firstpage

1176

Lastpage

1179

Abstract

In this paper we propose a compact triple band metamaterial antenna in CPW configuration to cover all the operating frequencies of WiMAX (2.1-2.6 GHz band, 3.3-3.7 GHz band, and 5.2-5.9 GHz band) in one device. The overall antenna dimensions are only 4 cm X 3 cm approximately. Compared with the conventional antenna, the reported antenna presents at least 66% size reduction at lower band. The reported antenna was designed using a monopole antenna loaded by two LH unit cells formed by inductive slots and interdigital capacitors. The antenna performance using the electromagnetic full wave simulations confirmed by experimental results are introduced at the whole designed frequencies.

Keywords

UHF antennas; WiMax; capacitors; coplanar waveguides; metamaterial antennas; monopole antennas; multifrequency antennas; slot antennas; CPW configuration; LH unit cells; WiMAX; compact triple band metamaterial antenna; electromagnetic full wave simulations; frequency 2.1 GHz to 2.6 GHz; frequency 3.3 GHz to 3.7 GHz; frequency 5.2 GHz to 5.9 GHz; inductive slots; interdigital capacitors; monopole antenna; size reduction; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Directive antennas; Electromagnetics; Metamaterials; WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2012 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Nagoys

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1001-7

Type

conf

Filename

6394076