Title :
The study of meander line for microstrip and planar design
Author :
Misman, D. ; Salamat, I.A. ; Kadir, M.F.A. ; Rose, M. R Che ; Shah, M. S R Mohd ; Aziz, M. Z A Abd ; Husain, M.N. ; Soh, P.J.
Author_Institution :
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektron. dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Univ. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Ayer Keroh, Malaysia
Abstract :
In this paper, the meander line antenna (MLA) have been designed to operate at 2.4-GHz for WLAN application. Two different designs of meander line antenna are investigated, without conductor line and with conductor line. Microwave Office software is used for simulation designed process. The antenna is fabricated on a double-sided FR-4 printed circuit board using an etching technique. Then the design has been tested with the Advantest Network Analyzer. The comparison between simulation and measurement results for the return loss and radiation patterns were presented. A bandwidth of 80 MHz and return loss of -37.7 dB were obtained at frequency 2.4 GHz. The gain is comparable to microstrip yagi antenna.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; etching; microstrip antennas; planar antennas; printed circuits; wireless LAN; Advantest Network Analyzer; Microwave Office software; WLAN application; bandwidth 80 MHz; double-sided FR-4 printed circuit board; etching technique; frequency 2.4 GHz; loss -37.7 dB; meander line antennas; microstrip antennas; planar antennas; radiation patterns; return loss; Antenna measurements; Application software; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Conductors; Etching; Microstrip; Printed circuits; Process design; Wireless LAN; WLAN; antenna; meander line; meander line antenna;
Conference_Titel :
ITS Telecommunications, 2008. ITST 2008. 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Phuket
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2857-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2858-8
DOI :
10.1109/ITST.2008.4740220
