Title :
A Compact Dual-Band Antenna With Omnidirectional Radiation Pattern
Author :
Malik, Jagannath ; Patnaik, Amalendu ; Kartikeyan, M.V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol. Roorkee, Roorkee, India
Abstract :
In this letter, a low-profile planar microstrip antenna is proposed to operate at lower WLAN (2.4 GHz) and WiMAX (3.5 GHz) frequency bands. The antenna has good omnidirectional radiation pattern for both the bands with compact form-factor. The obtained result shows that the proposed dual-band omnidirectional microstrip antenna has better impedance bandwidth and high radiation efficiency while maintaining the structural compactness. The electromagnetic model of the proposed antenna is developed in CST Microwave Studio for analysis and optimization. The fabricated antenna and measured results are presented.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; omnidirectional antennas; planar antennas; CST Microwave Studio; WLAN; WiMAX; compact dual-band antenna; compact form-factor; dual-band omnidirectional microstrip antenna; electromagnetic model; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 3.5 GHz; high radiation efficiency; impedance bandwidth; low-profile planar microstrip antenna; omnidirectional radiation pattern; structural compactness; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Dual band; Microstrip antennas; Wireless LAN; Defected microstrip structure (DMS); WLAN; WiMAX; dual-band antenna; omnidirectional pattern;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2014.2370651
