Title :
A wire antenna for broadband WLAN and Wi-Fi applications
Author :
Casula, Giovanni Andrea ; Mazzarella, G. ; Montisci, G.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. Elettr. ed Elettron., Univ. di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Abstract :
This paper presents a wire antenna for multi-band WLAN applications, designed using the Structure-Based Evolutionary Programming, and having a very simple geometry. The antenna has been analysed with NEC-2 during the evolutionary process, and the outcome of the procedure shows a very good performance, with a -10dB bandwidth that covers the required frequencies for multi-band WLAN applications (2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz) and beyond, and an end-fire gain greater than 12 dB.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; broadband antennas; broadband networks; evolutionary computation; microwave antennas; multifrequency antennas; wire antennas; wireless LAN; NEC-2; UHF antennas; Wi-Fi; broadband WLAN; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 5.2 GHz; frequency 5.8 GHz; microwave antennas; multiband WLAN; structure-based evolutionary programming; wire antenna; wireless LAN; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Wireless LAN; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6711310