A miniature reconfigurable printed monopole antenna for WLAN/WiMAX and LTE communication bands

Author

Yadav, A.M. ; Panagamuwa, C.J. ; Seager, Robert D.

Author_Institution

Wireless Commun. Res. Group, Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

12-13 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A reconfigurable printed monopole antenna covering WLAN, LTE, WiMAX and HiperLAN communication bands is presented in this paper. The antenna operates between these frequencies with activation of 2 switches. The proposed antenna is a low profile, miniaturised design and occupies a volume of 20 × 25 × 0.5(25mm³) which makes it an ideal candidate to slot into compact and portable devices. Initial results including antenna design, S-Parameters, Radiation Characteristics and Peak gain at different frequencies is presented and discussed.

Keywords

S-parameters; WiMax; amplification; monopole antennas; switches; wireless LAN; HiperLAN communication bands; LTE communication bands; S-parameters; WLAN; WiMAX; antenna design; miniature reconfigurable printed monopole antenna; peak gain; portable devices; radiation characteristics; switches; Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Optical switches; Portable computers; WiMAX; frequency reconfigurability; minature antenna; planar antenna; switchable printed antenna; switches; top loaded monopole antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2218-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2219-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2012.6403089

Filename

6403089