A reduced sized balanced antenna for 2.4 GHz WLAN

Author

Navsariwala, U. ; Svigelj, J.

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

6

Abstract

The proliferation of wireless LAN devices has placed a renewed focus on small, integrated antennas. Several classes of antennas have been investigated in prior literature including inverted-F antennas, patch antennas, etc. In this paper a novel antenna design, an inverted-C antenna, is described. The antenna is balanced and can be integrated into the main PCB of the device. Additionally, since the antenna is balanced, it is less sensitive to perturbations of the ground plane. The simulated performance of the antenna is shown to be satisfactory for WLAN applications. Impedance and radiation pattern measurements of several prototypes are presented to verify the antenna performance.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; wireless LAN; 2.4 GHz; PCB integrated antennas; WLAN; antenna impedance; ground plane perturbations; inverted-C antenna; printed antennas; radiation pattern; reduced size balanced antenna; wireless LAN; Antenna accessories; Antenna feeds; Bandwidth; Dipole antennas; Geometry; Impedance; Independent component analysis; Loaded antennas; Resonance; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7846-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2003.1219166

Filename

1219166