Tri-band microstrip-fed monopole antenna with dual-polarisation characteristics for WLAN and WiMAX applications

Author

Ting Wu ; Xiao-Wei Shi ; Ping Li ; Hao Bai

Author_Institution

Nat. Key Lab. of Antennas & Microwave Technol., Xidian Univ., Xi´an, China

Volume

49

Issue

25

fYear

2013

fDate

December 5 2013

Firstpage

1597

Lastpage

1598

Abstract

A novel and compact tri-band microstrip-fed monopole antenna with dual-polarisation characteristics for wireless local area network (WLAN) and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) applications is proposed. The antenna is composed of a partial ground and a Y-shaped radiating patch that consists of two unequal monopole arms and a modified circle monopole. The antenna is able to generate three separate impedance bandwidths to cover the frequency bands of the WLAN (2.4-2.484 and 5.8 GHz) and the WiMAX (3.4-3.7 GHz). In addition, the antenna is circularly polarised in both the WLAN bands. Furthermore, the antenna structure is extremely simple, durable and occupies small space, making it suitable for practical applications.

Keywords

WiMax; electromagnetic wave polarisation; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; multifrequency antennas; polarisation; wireless LAN; WLAN application; WiMAX application; Y-shaped radiating patch; dual-polarisation characteristics; frequency 2.4 GHz to 2.484 GHz; frequency 3.4 GHz to 3.7 GHz; frequency 5.8 GHz; impedance bandwidths; modified circle monopole; tri-band microstrip-fed monopole antenna; unequal monopole arms; wireless local area network; worldwide interoperability for microwave access;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el.2013.3230

Filename

6678447