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
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