A compact multi-band slot-ring microstrip patch antenna for wireless applications

Author

Ur-Rehman, Masood ; Allen, Ben

Author_Institution

Centre for Wireless Res., Univ. of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

11-12 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

595

Lastpage

598

Abstract

Design of a printed microstrip patch antenna operating at multiple frequency bands is presented in this paper. The antenna has a very simple structure combining a microstrip patch, two rings and a slot. The antenna covers GPS (1.575 GHz), 4G/LTE/CDMA (2.1 GHz), and Wi-Fi (3.6/5.3 GHz) frequency bands with good impedance matching (2:1 VSWR) and radiation pattern performance. It has an omni-directional radiation pattern at most of the desired frequencies of operation. The antenna has good efficiency ranging from 60% to 98% and exhibits high peak gain values of 4.1 dBi, 5.7 dBi, 5.1 dBi and 7.9 dBi at 1.575 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 3.68 GHz and 5.37 GHz, respectively.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; Long Term Evolution; antenna radiation patterns; code division multiple access; impedance matching; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; omnidirectional antennas; slot antennas; wireless LAN; GPS; LTE-CDMA; Wi-Fi frequency bands; compact multiband slot-ring microstrip patch antenna; efficiency 60 percent to 98 percent; frequency 1.575 GHz; frequency 2.1 GHz; frequency 3.6 GHz; frequency 5.3 GHz; impedance matching; multiple-frequency bands; omnidirectional radiation pattern; printed microstrip patch antenna design; wireless application; Antennas; Global Positioning System; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Multiaccess communication; 4G; GPS; Microstrip patch; Multi-band antennas; Wi-Fi; Wireless Personal Area Networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2013 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2013.6711970

Filename

6711970