Omnidirectional wrapped microstrip antenna for WLAN applications in laptop computers

Author

Guterman, Jerzy ; Moreira, António A. ; Peixeiro, Custódio

Author_Institution

Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Inst. Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal

fYear

2005

fDate

3-8 July 2005

Firstpage

301

Abstract

An omnidirectional low profile microstrip antenna for WLAN applications in laptop computers is presented. By wrapping the patch antenna around the screen edge, very good omnidirectionality is achieved. The designed structure, fed by a microstrip inverted line, can be easily integrated inside the display plastic cover. An antenna prototype has been fabricated and tested. Good agreement has been obtained between simulations and experimental results. An adequate coverage of the whole 2.4 GHz ISM band has been achieved.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna feeds; antenna testing; laptop computers; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; wireless LAN; 2.4 GHz; ISM band; WLAN applications; antenna testing; laptop computers; low profile microstrip antenna; microstrip inverted line feed; omnidirectional wrapped microstrip antenna; omnidirectionality; patch antenna; screen edge; Application software; Computer applications; Computer displays; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Plastics; Portable computers; Prototypes; Wireless LAN; Wrapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8883-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2005.1552499

Filename

1552499