A low-cost microstrip antenna for 3G/WLAN/WiMAX and UWB applications

Author

Al-Husseini, Mohammed ; Tawk, Youssef ; El-Hajj, Ali ; Kabalan, Karim Y.

Author_Institution

ECE Dept., American Univ. of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

fYear

2009

fDate

15-17 July 2009

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

70

Abstract

This paper presents a low-cost ultra-wideband microstrip antenna for wireless communications. Printed on a 40times50times1.83 mm³ Isola Gigaver 210 substrate, the antenna features a microstrip feed line with two 45deg bends and a tapered section for size reduction and matching, respectively. The ground plane is partial and comprises a rectangular part and a trapezoidal part. The patch is a half ellipse, where the cut is made along the minor axis. Several slots are incorporated into the patch. The placement and sizes of the slots are assisted by the knowledge of fractal geometries. The return loss, input impedance, gain, efficiency and radiation characteristics of the antenna are presented. It is shown that the antenna can operate in the bands used for UMTS, WLAN, WiMAX, and UWB applications.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; WiMax; antenna radiation patterns; fractals; microstrip antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; wireless LAN; 3G; UMTS; UWB; WLAN; WiMAX; fractal geometries; low-cost ultra-wideband microstrip antenna; radiation characteristics; Antenna feeds; Fractals; Geometry; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; WiMAX; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications, 2009. ACTEA '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zouk Mosbeh

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3833-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3834-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACTEA.2009.5227857

Filename

5227857