Design and Optimization of a Switched Parasitic Corner Plated Antenna for maximum Directionality and Diversity Gain at the WiFi frequency of 2.4 GHz with the aid of Genetic Algorithms

Author

Dimousios, Themistoklis D. ; Panagiotou, Stylianos C. ; Capsalis, Christos N.

Author_Institution

Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens

fYear

2007

fDate

17-21 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

731

Lastpage

734

Abstract

The development of switched parasitic arrays is a progressing research area which will play a significant role in commercial mobile communications applications. In this paper, a switched parasitic corner plated antenna suitable for WiFi (2.4 GHz) applications is presented. An effort is carried out to optimize the performance of this structure regarding its resonant frequency and the formation of a directional beam to a predetermined direction with the aid of the genetic algorithms (GA) technique.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna arrays; directive antennas; diversity reception; genetic algorithms; mobile computing; wireless LAN; GA technique; WiFi application; directional beam; diversity gain; frequency 2.4 GHz; genetic algorithms; mobile communications; switched parasitic arrays; switched parasitic corner plated antenna; Algorithm design and analysis; Antenna radiation patterns; Design optimization; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Diversity methods; Frequency diversity; Genetic algorithms; Receiving antennas; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2007. ICEAA 2007. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0767-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0767-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2007.4387406

Filename

4387406