• DocumentCode
    1144000
  • Title

    Compact WLAN disc antennas

  • Author

    McEwan, Neil J. ; Abd-Alhameed, Raed A. ; Ibrahim, Embarak M. ; Excell, Peter S. ; Ali, Nazar T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Bradford Univ., UK
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    12/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1862
  • Lastpage
    1864
  • Abstract
    A novel conical beam patch antenna design, suitable for local area network applications, uses a central cylindrical connection from the disc to ground to achieve a large reduction in resonant size. Results on efficiency, bandwidth, and pattern are reported for several prototypes.
  • Keywords
    microstrip antennas; wireless LAN; HIPERLAN; bandwidth; compact WLAN disc antennas; conical beam patch antenna design; cylindrical connection; efficiency; high-performance radio local-area network; local area network; microstrip antennas; radiation pattern; resonant size; Bandwidth; Geometry; Local area networks; Magnetic resonance; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Prototypes; Radio frequency; Resonant frequency; Wireless LAN;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.2002.807368
  • Filename
    1178737