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2009 EuCAP-Hybrid of Monopole and Dipole Antennas for Concurrent WLAN APSaou-Wen Su
A novel hybrid of a 2.4-GHz monopole antenna and a 5-GHz dipole antenna is presented to provide concurrent 2.4 and 5 GHz band operation for access- point applications. The two antennas are arranged in a collinear structure and printed on a compact dielectric substrate with dimensions 12 mm × 60 mm. The monopole antenna has a meandered radiating strip and is short-circuited to a small ground plane through a shorting strip. The dipole antenna includes two sub-dipoles at the opposite side of a narrow ground plane and fed by a simple T-junction microstrip-line network. The two antennas are closely set with a distance of 1 mm only, yet good port isolation (S21) well below –20 dB can be obtained. With a low profile, the proposed design can easily fit into the casing of some standard access points and allow the 2.4 and 5 GHz band signals to be simultaneously received or transmitted with no external diplexer required. Good omnidirectional radiation has been observed too.
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Concurrent 2.4/5-GHz Multi-Loop MIMO Antennas with Wide 3-dB Beamwidth Radiat...Saou-Wen Su
A high-gain, wide-beamwidth, six-loop-antenna MIMO system suited for wireless access points in the concurrent WLAN 2.4 and 5 GHz bands is presented. The antenna system mainly comprises an antenna ground plane and single-band loop antennas, among which the three antennas are designated for 2.4 and 5 GHz operation respectively. The antennas are set in a sequential, rotating arrangement on the ground plane with an equal inclination angle of 60° to form a symmetrical structure, and the 2.4 and 5 GHz loops are facing each other one by one. The experimental results show that good port isolation can be obtained between antenna ports. High-gain, directional radiation patterns with wide 3-dB beamwidth in elevation planes are also observed. Details of a design prototype are described and discussed in the paper.
Hybrid of Monopole and Dipole Antennas for Concurrent 2.4- and 5-GHz WLAN Acc...Saou-Wen Su
A novel hybrid of a 2.4-GHz monopole antenna and a 5-GHz dipole antenna is presented to provide concurrent 2.4 and 5 GHz band operation for access- point applications. The two antennas are arranged in a collinear structure and printed on a compact dielectric substrate with dimensions 12 mm × 60 mm. The monopole antenna has a meandered radiating strip and is short-circuited to a small ground plane through a shorting strip. The dipole antenna includes two sub-dipoles at the opposite side of a narrow ground plane and fed by a simple T-junction microstrip-line network. The two antennas are closely set with a distance of 1 mm only, yet good port isolation (S21) well below –20 dB can be obtained. With a low profile, the proposed design can easily fit into the casing of some standard access points and allow the 2.4 and 5 GHz band signals to be simultaneously received or transmitted with no external diplexer required. Good omnidirectional radiation has been observed too.
Low-Cost Flat Metal-Plate Dipole Antenna for 2.4/5 GHz WLAN OperationSaou-Wen Su
A low-cost, one-piece, flat-plate dipole antenna for dual WLAN band operation is presented. The dipole antenna is rectangular in shape with the dimensions 10 mm × 37 mm and fed by 50-ohm mini-coaxial cable. By cutting two L-shaped slits in each radiating arm, two dipole arms are obtained, which form a larger dipole and a smaller dipole antennas for the 2.4 and 5 GHz band operation respectively. The dipole arms are further short-circuited, making it possible for the antenna to be fabricated by stamping a single, flat metal plate only. The impedance bandwidth for 2.4/5 GHz WLAN operation is with VSWR below 1.5 and good omnidirectional radiation patterns are also observed.
2009 EuCAP-Hybrid of Monopole and Dipole Antennas for Concurrent WLAN APSaou-Wen Su
A novel hybrid of a 2.4-GHz monopole antenna and a 5-GHz dipole antenna is presented to provide concurrent 2.4 and 5 GHz band operation for access- point applications. The two antennas are arranged in a collinear structure and printed on a compact dielectric substrate with dimensions 12 mm × 60 mm. The monopole antenna has a meandered radiating strip and is short-circuited to a small ground plane through a shorting strip. The dipole antenna includes two sub-dipoles at the opposite side of a narrow ground plane and fed by a simple T-junction microstrip-line network. The two antennas are closely set with a distance of 1 mm only, yet good port isolation (S21) well below –20 dB can be obtained. With a low profile, the proposed design can easily fit into the casing of some standard access points and allow the 2.4 and 5 GHz band signals to be simultaneously received or transmitted with no external diplexer required. Good omnidirectional radiation has been observed too.
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Concurrent 2.4/5-GHz Multi-Loop MIMO Antennas with Wide 3-dB Beamwidth Radiat...Saou-Wen Su
A high-gain, wide-beamwidth, six-loop-antenna MIMO system suited for wireless access points in the concurrent WLAN 2.4 and 5 GHz bands is presented. The antenna system mainly comprises an antenna ground plane and single-band loop antennas, among which the three antennas are designated for 2.4 and 5 GHz operation respectively. The antennas are set in a sequential, rotating arrangement on the ground plane with an equal inclination angle of 60° to form a symmetrical structure, and the 2.4 and 5 GHz loops are facing each other one by one. The experimental results show that good port isolation can be obtained between antenna ports. High-gain, directional radiation patterns with wide 3-dB beamwidth in elevation planes are also observed. Details of a design prototype are described and discussed in the paper.
Hybrid of Monopole and Dipole Antennas for Concurrent 2.4- and 5-GHz WLAN Acc...Saou-Wen Su
A novel hybrid of a 2.4-GHz monopole antenna and a 5-GHz dipole antenna is presented to provide concurrent 2.4 and 5 GHz band operation for access- point applications. The two antennas are arranged in a collinear structure and printed on a compact dielectric substrate with dimensions 12 mm × 60 mm. The monopole antenna has a meandered radiating strip and is short-circuited to a small ground plane through a shorting strip. The dipole antenna includes two sub-dipoles at the opposite side of a narrow ground plane and fed by a simple T-junction microstrip-line network. The two antennas are closely set with a distance of 1 mm only, yet good port isolation (S21) well below –20 dB can be obtained. With a low profile, the proposed design can easily fit into the casing of some standard access points and allow the 2.4 and 5 GHz band signals to be simultaneously received or transmitted with no external diplexer required. Good omnidirectional radiation has been observed too.
Low-Cost Flat Metal-Plate Dipole Antenna for 2.4/5 GHz WLAN OperationSaou-Wen Su
A low-cost, one-piece, flat-plate dipole antenna for dual WLAN band operation is presented. The dipole antenna is rectangular in shape with the dimensions 10 mm × 37 mm and fed by 50-ohm mini-coaxial cable. By cutting two L-shaped slits in each radiating arm, two dipole arms are obtained, which form a larger dipole and a smaller dipole antennas for the 2.4 and 5 GHz band operation respectively. The dipole arms are further short-circuited, making it possible for the antenna to be fabricated by stamping a single, flat metal plate only. The impedance bandwidth for 2.4/5 GHz WLAN operation is with VSWR below 1.5 and good omnidirectional radiation patterns are also observed.
Printed Coplanar Two-Antenna Element for 2.4/5 GHz WLAN Operation in a MIMO S...Saou-Wen Su
A printed coplanar two-antenna element suited for WLAN operation in the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands for dual-module applications in a MIMO system is proposed. The two-antenna element is comprised of one planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) and one monopole antenna, both printed and integrated in a coplanar configuration on a narrow dielectric substrate with the dimensions 50 mm × 11 mm. The two antennas are excited using two separate feeds with a common ground plane. By utilizing two proposed elements spaced 10 mm apart in the lateral direction with an optimized arrangement, the four-antenna MIMO system obtained can achieve optimal isolation between any two of the four antennas. In comparison with the conventional dual-band antenna with a single feed, the proposed two-antenna element allows the 2.4 and 5 GHz signals to be simultaneously received or transmitted with no external switch circuit between the antenna and modules required.
Very-Low-Cost Copper-Wire Antenna for 2.4-GHz WLAN OperationSaou-Wen Su
A very-low-cost copper-wire antenna, easily fabricated by bending a single 70-mm-long copper wire two times, for WLAN operation in the 2.4 GHz band (2400-2484 MHz) is presented. The antenna has a very simple structure and is easily fed by using a 50- mini-coaxial cable. A prototype of the proposed antenna with the overall dimensions 40 mm x 5 mm is constructed and tested.
Characteristic Comparison of U-Shaped Monopole and Complete Monopole AntennaIOSR Journals
A monopole antenna is a type of radio antenna formed by replacing one half of a dipole antenna with
a ground plane at right-angles to the remaining half. Monopoles may be used from a few hundred KHz through
several GHz in frequency and are commonly one-quarter of a wave length long, but may be shorter or longer.
Monopole antennas exhibit high gain and improved efficiency in a surprisingly small package. Monopole
antenna can be designed to exhibit wideband capabilities. The different available monopole antennas are dual
band printed monopole antenna, cross-slot monopole antenna, U-shaped monopole antenna, triangular shaped
monopole antenna and a wideband monopole antenna. This paper deals with the comparison obtained from the
results such as return loss, VSWR, current distribution, and the radiation pattern of simple U-shaped and
complete monopole antenna
Compact Vertical Patch Antenna for Dual-Band WLAN OperationSaou-Wen Su
A new compact patch antenna, which is arranged perpendicular to a circular ground plane, for WLAN operation is presented. The antenna consists mainly of one driven patch and one shorted parasitic patch, which both wind along two concentric circles. A constructed prototype covering the 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN bands is demonstrated. Good broadside radiation characteristics are obtained across the operating bands. Details of the proposed patch antenna and experimental results are presented and discussed.
Implementation of a plus shaped fractal antennas for multi-band applicationsijceronline
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A Compact Dual Band Elliptical Microstrip Antenna for Ku/K Band Satellite App...IJECEIAES
This paper presents an original elliptical microstrip patch antenna is proposed for Ku/K band satellite applications. The proposed antenna has a simple structure, small size with dimensions of about 10×12×1.58 mm³. The antenna has been designed and simulated on an FR4 substrate with dielectric constant 4.4 and thickness of 1.58 mm. The design is simulated by two different electromagnetic solvers. The results from the measured data show that the antenna has two resonant frequencies that define 2 bandwidths, defined by a return loss of less than -10 dB, and are: (14.44 GHz, 829 MHz) and (21.05 GHz, 5126 MHz),with the gain 5.59 dB and 5.048 dB respectively. The proposed antenna can be used in many applications such as in satellite, and wireless communications.
Integration of Internal 700 MHz and WLAN/WiMAX Antennas for Palm-Sized Mobile...Saou-Wen Su
Two promising, internal, shorted monopole antennas for 700 MHz and WLAN/WiMAX operation are combined in an arrangement with minimized mutual coupling for palm-sized mobile applications. The two stamped, metal-plate antennas with a 2 mm gap therein between can be integrated into a compact configuration and are then mounted near one side of the system circuit board. With the suitable shorting locations and arrangement of the two antennas, good isolation (S21 < –20 dB) between the two ports can easily be obtained. Analysis of placing a CCD shielding cylinder between the two antennas and the two shorting strips joined to form a shorting wall are also conducted. Detailed designs of the two antennas are described, and the results thereof are discussed.
2008 IEEE AP-S-Internal Wideband Monopole Antenna For MIMO Access-Point Appli...Saou-Wen Su
A three-antenna MIMO system capable of generating a wide operating bandwidth of 2400-5850 MHz for access-point applications is introduced. The proposed design is based on a bent metal-plate monopole antenna with a compact size of 20 × 20 × 14 mm3. The three antennas are equally spaced along the perimeter of a circular ground and all generate a wide bandwidth of larger than 4 GHz. With the antenna short-circuiting facing the center of the ground, not only the overall antenna size is reduced but also good isolation of less than -20 dB can easily be obtained. Calculated envelope correlation is also less than 0.002 across the operating band.
An Internal Wideband Monopole Antenna for UMTS/WLAN Dual-Mode Mobile PhoneSaou-Wen Su
An internal wideband metal-plate monopole antenna for mobile phone applications is presented. The antenna is easily fabricated by bending a single metal plate and suitable to be embedded within the casing of a mobile phone as an internal antenna. Further, the antenna shows a wide operating bandwidth of about 5 GHz (about 1.8−6.7 GHz), making it easy to cover the UMTS band and the 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN bands for mobile/WLAN dual-mode operation for a mobile phone.
Printed Omnidirectional Access-Point Antenna for 2.4/5-GHz WLAN OperationSaou-Wen Su
A new design of the printed omnidirectional antenna for applications in 2.4/5-GHz dual-WLAN-band access points is proposed. The antenna consists of a conventional collinear antenna for 2.4 GHz operation and two U stubs for 5 GHz operation. The two U stubs are located near the points where the maximum currents at about 5.5 GHz occurring on the strips of the collinear antenna, and arranged back to back in the same phase for achieving better antenna gain. Detailed analyses of the U stub on the impedance matching over the 5 GH band is presented. A prototype with good omnidirectional radiation across the 2.4/5-GHz WLAN bands is demonstrated.
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ITERATIVE SQUARE RING FRACTAL ANTENNA FOR DUAL BAND...jmicro
In this paper, iterative square ring fractal antenna is proposed, designed and developed for Wireless
application. The functional characteristics of the antenna such as return loss, VSWR, radiation pattern and
gain are evaluated. Compact size and multi-band compatibility are the major design requirements of
fractal antenna. The proposed antenna has the dimension of 20mm X 20mm and it supports dual band
which is designed in FR4 substrate. It resonates at 5.9 GHz and 8.8 GHz with the return loss of -33dB, -
16dB, respectively. Further, the performance of the antenna is analyzed by varying feed position, feed
width and substrate thickness. By the analysis, we concluded that the proposed antenna have better
performance at left feed position with 0.9mm of feed width at the substrate thickness of 3.2mm.
Compact Paper-Clip-Shaped Wire Antenna for 2.4 and 5.2 GHz WLAN OperationSaou-Wen Su
A compact dual-WLAN-band antenna, in the shape of a paper clip, is presented. The antenna can easily be manufactured by bending few times a single copper wire with a length of about 65 mm, and operates in the 2.4 and 5.2 GHz bands in the WLAN environment. In addition to the simple configuration, the antenna is easily fed by 50- mini-coaxial cable, which allows it flexibility in a defined location for installation. An experimental prototype of the proposed antenna with the overall dimensions about 5 mm x 23.5 mm is constructed, tested, and demonstrated.
The impact of innovation on travel and tourism industries (World Travel Marke...Brian Solis
From the impact of Pokemon Go on Silicon Valley to artificial intelligence, futurist Brian Solis talks to Mathew Parsons of World Travel Market about the future of travel, tourism and hospitality.
Gave a talk at StartCon about the future of Growth. I touch on viral marketing / referral marketing, fake news and social media, and marketplaces. Finally, the slides go through future technology platforms and how things might evolve there.
Printed Coplanar Two-Antenna Element for 2.4/5 GHz WLAN Operation in a MIMO S...Saou-Wen Su
A printed coplanar two-antenna element suited for WLAN operation in the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands for dual-module applications in a MIMO system is proposed. The two-antenna element is comprised of one planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) and one monopole antenna, both printed and integrated in a coplanar configuration on a narrow dielectric substrate with the dimensions 50 mm × 11 mm. The two antennas are excited using two separate feeds with a common ground plane. By utilizing two proposed elements spaced 10 mm apart in the lateral direction with an optimized arrangement, the four-antenna MIMO system obtained can achieve optimal isolation between any two of the four antennas. In comparison with the conventional dual-band antenna with a single feed, the proposed two-antenna element allows the 2.4 and 5 GHz signals to be simultaneously received or transmitted with no external switch circuit between the antenna and modules required.
Very-Low-Cost Copper-Wire Antenna for 2.4-GHz WLAN OperationSaou-Wen Su
A very-low-cost copper-wire antenna, easily fabricated by bending a single 70-mm-long copper wire two times, for WLAN operation in the 2.4 GHz band (2400-2484 MHz) is presented. The antenna has a very simple structure and is easily fed by using a 50- mini-coaxial cable. A prototype of the proposed antenna with the overall dimensions 40 mm x 5 mm is constructed and tested.
Characteristic Comparison of U-Shaped Monopole and Complete Monopole AntennaIOSR Journals
A monopole antenna is a type of radio antenna formed by replacing one half of a dipole antenna with
a ground plane at right-angles to the remaining half. Monopoles may be used from a few hundred KHz through
several GHz in frequency and are commonly one-quarter of a wave length long, but may be shorter or longer.
Monopole antennas exhibit high gain and improved efficiency in a surprisingly small package. Monopole
antenna can be designed to exhibit wideband capabilities. The different available monopole antennas are dual
band printed monopole antenna, cross-slot monopole antenna, U-shaped monopole antenna, triangular shaped
monopole antenna and a wideband monopole antenna. This paper deals with the comparison obtained from the
results such as return loss, VSWR, current distribution, and the radiation pattern of simple U-shaped and
complete monopole antenna
Compact Vertical Patch Antenna for Dual-Band WLAN OperationSaou-Wen Su
A new compact patch antenna, which is arranged perpendicular to a circular ground plane, for WLAN operation is presented. The antenna consists mainly of one driven patch and one shorted parasitic patch, which both wind along two concentric circles. A constructed prototype covering the 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN bands is demonstrated. Good broadside radiation characteristics are obtained across the operating bands. Details of the proposed patch antenna and experimental results are presented and discussed.
Implementation of a plus shaped fractal antennas for multi-band applicationsijceronline
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A Compact Dual Band Elliptical Microstrip Antenna for Ku/K Band Satellite App...IJECEIAES
This paper presents an original elliptical microstrip patch antenna is proposed for Ku/K band satellite applications. The proposed antenna has a simple structure, small size with dimensions of about 10×12×1.58 mm³. The antenna has been designed and simulated on an FR4 substrate with dielectric constant 4.4 and thickness of 1.58 mm. The design is simulated by two different electromagnetic solvers. The results from the measured data show that the antenna has two resonant frequencies that define 2 bandwidths, defined by a return loss of less than -10 dB, and are: (14.44 GHz, 829 MHz) and (21.05 GHz, 5126 MHz),with the gain 5.59 dB and 5.048 dB respectively. The proposed antenna can be used in many applications such as in satellite, and wireless communications.
Integration of Internal 700 MHz and WLAN/WiMAX Antennas for Palm-Sized Mobile...Saou-Wen Su
Two promising, internal, shorted monopole antennas for 700 MHz and WLAN/WiMAX operation are combined in an arrangement with minimized mutual coupling for palm-sized mobile applications. The two stamped, metal-plate antennas with a 2 mm gap therein between can be integrated into a compact configuration and are then mounted near one side of the system circuit board. With the suitable shorting locations and arrangement of the two antennas, good isolation (S21 < –20 dB) between the two ports can easily be obtained. Analysis of placing a CCD shielding cylinder between the two antennas and the two shorting strips joined to form a shorting wall are also conducted. Detailed designs of the two antennas are described, and the results thereof are discussed.
2008 IEEE AP-S-Internal Wideband Monopole Antenna For MIMO Access-Point Appli...Saou-Wen Su
A three-antenna MIMO system capable of generating a wide operating bandwidth of 2400-5850 MHz for access-point applications is introduced. The proposed design is based on a bent metal-plate monopole antenna with a compact size of 20 × 20 × 14 mm3. The three antennas are equally spaced along the perimeter of a circular ground and all generate a wide bandwidth of larger than 4 GHz. With the antenna short-circuiting facing the center of the ground, not only the overall antenna size is reduced but also good isolation of less than -20 dB can easily be obtained. Calculated envelope correlation is also less than 0.002 across the operating band.
An Internal Wideband Monopole Antenna for UMTS/WLAN Dual-Mode Mobile PhoneSaou-Wen Su
An internal wideband metal-plate monopole antenna for mobile phone applications is presented. The antenna is easily fabricated by bending a single metal plate and suitable to be embedded within the casing of a mobile phone as an internal antenna. Further, the antenna shows a wide operating bandwidth of about 5 GHz (about 1.8−6.7 GHz), making it easy to cover the UMTS band and the 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN bands for mobile/WLAN dual-mode operation for a mobile phone.
Printed Omnidirectional Access-Point Antenna for 2.4/5-GHz WLAN OperationSaou-Wen Su
A new design of the printed omnidirectional antenna for applications in 2.4/5-GHz dual-WLAN-band access points is proposed. The antenna consists of a conventional collinear antenna for 2.4 GHz operation and two U stubs for 5 GHz operation. The two U stubs are located near the points where the maximum currents at about 5.5 GHz occurring on the strips of the collinear antenna, and arranged back to back in the same phase for achieving better antenna gain. Detailed analyses of the U stub on the impedance matching over the 5 GH band is presented. A prototype with good omnidirectional radiation across the 2.4/5-GHz WLAN bands is demonstrated.
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ITERATIVE SQUARE RING FRACTAL ANTENNA FOR DUAL BAND...jmicro
In this paper, iterative square ring fractal antenna is proposed, designed and developed for Wireless
application. The functional characteristics of the antenna such as return loss, VSWR, radiation pattern and
gain are evaluated. Compact size and multi-band compatibility are the major design requirements of
fractal antenna. The proposed antenna has the dimension of 20mm X 20mm and it supports dual band
which is designed in FR4 substrate. It resonates at 5.9 GHz and 8.8 GHz with the return loss of -33dB, -
16dB, respectively. Further, the performance of the antenna is analyzed by varying feed position, feed
width and substrate thickness. By the analysis, we concluded that the proposed antenna have better
performance at left feed position with 0.9mm of feed width at the substrate thickness of 3.2mm.
Compact Paper-Clip-Shaped Wire Antenna for 2.4 and 5.2 GHz WLAN OperationSaou-Wen Su
A compact dual-WLAN-band antenna, in the shape of a paper clip, is presented. The antenna can easily be manufactured by bending few times a single copper wire with a length of about 65 mm, and operates in the 2.4 and 5.2 GHz bands in the WLAN environment. In addition to the simple configuration, the antenna is easily fed by 50- mini-coaxial cable, which allows it flexibility in a defined location for installation. An experimental prototype of the proposed antenna with the overall dimensions about 5 mm x 23.5 mm is constructed, tested, and demonstrated.
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MINIATURISATION OF PATCH ANTENNA USING NOVEL FRACTAL GEOMETRYIAEME Publication
In the Field of low profile antennamicro strip patch antennas have attracted many researchers due to small sizeand low cost of fabrication. One of trending member of new designs is Fractalantenna. Fractal shapes are recursive/repetitive self-similar geometries, dueto this self-similarity they can provide high gain, multiband, widebandsolutions and design miniature antenna. Fractal shapes are widely used incomputing, analysis and design; recent trends suggest positive outcomes ofusing fractal shapes in electromagnetics and communication system. In thispaper Jerusalem cube fractal shape is introduced in probe fed conventionalpatch antenna for L1 band. A dual band antenna resonating at 1.41 GHz (L) and3.37 (S) GHz, band is constructed using said fractal shape.
Efficient Design of Sierpinski Fractal Antenna for High Frequency ApplicationsIJERA Editor
A wideband published slot antenna appropriate for wireless code division multiple access (WCDMA) and
sustaining the international interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) applications is planned here. The
antenna is fractal line fed and its construction is based on fractal geometry where the resonance frequency of
antenna is dropped by applying iteration methods. Fractal antennas are the most suited for aerospace and UWB
applications because of their low profile, light weight and low power handling capacity. They can be designed in
a variety of shapes in order to obtain enhanced gain and bandwidth, dual band and circular polarization to even
ultra-wideband operation. For the simulation process ANSOFT HFSS (high frequency structure simulator) has
been used. The effect of antenna dimensions and substrate parameters on the performance of antenna have been
discussed. The antenna has been designed using the Arlon substrate with relative permittivity of 1.3 and a
substrate of Sierpinski Carpet shaped placed on it. Feed used is the fractal line feed. The designed antenna is a
low profile, small size and multiband antenna since it can be operated at different frequencies within the
frequency range of 4.3GHz to 11GHz. It includes the frequencies used for wireless WCDMA application and
used to receive and transmit a high-frequency signal.
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A wideband deltoid leaf fractal antenna is proposed for 5.8 GHz commonly used in industrial scientific and medical (ISM) and wireless local area networks (WLAN) applications. A microstrip patch antennas is designed with leaf shape radiating element. Using a leaf shape, it is possible to increase the perimeter of a design and thus reduce the overall dimensions of the antenna. A circular ring slot is made on the leaf shaped radiator, in a way that a circular disc is loaded at centre. Triangular fractal slots are made inside the circular disc to make it miniaturized. A partial ground is maintained with slot at centre. The antenna is fed by micro-strip feed. The locality and measurements of the fractal slots are varied to make the antenna radiate at 5.8 GHz with wider bandwidth (BW) of (2.26 GHz). The complete size of the antenna is 40 mm3 × 40 mm3 × 1.6 mm3. The step-by-step implementation of the antenna and the effects of its dimensions are compared and presented using the reflection coefficient curve. The measured reflections coefficient |S11|<-10 dB maintained the operational band from (5.36 GHz 7.62 GHz), with gain 4.2 dBi. The proposed antenna is planned and simulated using high frequency structure simulator (HFSS). The simulated and measured comparison showed good agreement, the designed antenna is suitable for 5.8 GHz WLAN applications with wider bandwidth requirements.
Design of Dual Frequency Antenna For Global Positioning systemijsrd.com
In recent years low profile, light weight antennas are preferred for the applications which need mobility. In this research the polygonal-shape Microstrip Single Patch Antenna has been designed for GPS dual resonant frequencies (GPS L1 1.575 GHz & L5 1.176 GHz band). Simulated results for main parameters such as return loss, bandwidth, radiation patterns and gains are also discussed herein. The Designing, Simulation & Optimization of this antenna is done in ADS Software. Result of the simulation shows at 1.575 GHz and 1.176 GHz, the antenna has return loss at -20.862 dB and -14.162 dB respectively. .
DESIGN OF A COMPACT CIRCULAR MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA FOR WLAN APPLICATIONSpijans
This paper presents the design of a compact circular microstrip patch antenna for WLAN applications
which covers the band 5.15 to 5.825 GHz. The antenna is designed using 1.4mm thick FR-4
(lossy)substrate with relative permittivity 4.4 and a microstrip line feed is used. The radius of the
circular patch is chosen as 7.62mm. To reduce the size and enhance the performance of the proposed
antenna, a circular slot is loaded on circular patch and a square slot is etched on the ground plane of
dimension 30mm×30mm. Design of the antenna is carried out using CST Microsoft Studio Sonimulation
Software. The proposed antenna resonates at 5.5 GHz with a wider bandwidth of 702 MHz and it provides
low return loss of -31.58 dB, good gain of 3.23 dB and directivity of 4.28 dBi and high efficiency of around
79% against the resonance frequency. The geometry of the proposed circular antenna with reduced size
and its various performance parameters such as return loss, bandwidth, VSWR, gain, directivity, efficiency
and radiation pattern plots are presented and discussed.
DESIGN OF A COMPACT CIRCULAR MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA FOR WLAN APPLICATIONSpijans
This paper presents the design of a compact circular microstrip patch antenna for WLAN applications
which covers the band 5.15 to 5.825 GHz. The antenna is designed using 1.4mm thick FR-4
(lossy)substrate with relative permittivity 4.4 and a microstrip line feed is used. The radius of the
circular patch is chosen as 7.62mm. To reduce the size and enhance the performance of the proposed
antenna, a circular slot is loaded on circular patch and a square slot is etched on the ground plane of
dimension 30mm×30mm. Design of the antenna is carried out using CST Microsoft Studio Sonimulation
Software. The proposed antenna resonates at 5.5 GHz with a wider bandwidth of 702 MHz and it provides
low return loss of -31.58 dB, good gain of 3.23 dB and directivity of 4.28 dBi and high efficiency of around
79% against the resonance frequency. The geometry of the proposed circular antenna with reduced size
and its various performance parameters such as return loss, bandwidth, VSWR, gain, directivity, efficiency
and radiation pattern plots are presented and discussed
DESIGN OF A COMPACT CIRCULAR MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA FOR WLAN APPLICATIONS pijans
This paper presents the design of a compact circular microstrip patch antenna for WLAN applications which covers the band 5.15 to 5.825 GHz. The antenna is designed using 1.4mm thick FR-4 (lossy)substrate with relative permittivity 4.4 and a microstrip line feed is used. The radius of the circular patch is chosen as 7.62mm. To reduce the size and enhance the performance of the proposed antenna, a circular slot is loaded on circular patch and a square slot is etched on the ground plane of dimension 30mm×30mm. Design of the antenna is carried out using CST Microsoft Studio Sonimulation Software. The proposed antenna resonates at 5.5 GHz with a wider bandwidth of 702 MHz and it provides low return loss of -31.58 dB, good gain of 3.23 dB and directivity of 4.28 dBi and high efficiency of around 79% against the resonance frequency. The geometry of the proposed circular antenna with reduced size and its various performance parameters such as return loss, bandwidth, VSWR, gain, directivity, efficiency and radiation pattern plots are presented and discussed.
A PATCH ANTENNA DESIGN WITH BOOSTED BANDWIDTH FOR ISM BAND APPLICATIONSpijans
In recent times, the utilization of microstrip patch antennas (MPAs) has increased due to their simple
production, simple analysis, low cost, lightweight, easy feeding, and superior radiation characteristics.
Limited bandwidth is a key disadvantage of MPAs. In this paper, a rectangular patch antenna with partial
ground plane (PGP) strategy for ISM applications is proposed to overcome this deficiency and its
performance is compared with that of a traditional patch antenna. A low-cost FR-4 substrate with a
dielectric constant of 4.3 and a thickness of 1.6 mm is used to make both antennas designed. The antennas
are analyzed and simulated at the operating frequency of 2.45 GHz using CST software. The simulation
results show that the proposed antenna has a 0.1465 GHz i.e. 146.5 MHz bandwidth, which is more than
1.77 times larger than a conventional antenna (bandwidth = 0.0827 GHz i.e. 82.7MHz). The suggested
antenna is suitable for a wide range of wireless communication standards, such as Bluetooth (2.4 to 2.485
GHz), WiMAX (2.3 to 2.4 GHz), Microwave ovens (2.4 to 2.48 GHz), RFID (2.4 to 2.5 GHz), S-Band (2.3
to 2.4 GHz), Wireless Communication Services (WCS) 2.345 GHz to 2.360 GHz, and 4G LTE (2.3 to 2.315
GHz).
A PATCH ANTENNA DESIGN WITH BOOSTED BANDWIDTH FOR ISM BAND APPLICATIONSpijans
In recent times, the utilization of microstrip patch antennas (MPAs) has increased due to their simple
production, simple analysis, low cost, lightweight, easy feeding, and superior radiation characteristics.
Limited bandwidth is a key disadvantage of MPAs. In this paper, a rectangular patch antenna with partial
ground plane (PGP) strategy for ISM applications is proposed to overcome this deficiency and its
performance is compared with that of a traditional patch antenna. A low-cost FR-4 substrate with a
dielectric constant of 4.3 and a thickness of 1.6 mm is used to make both antennas designed. The antennas
are analyzed and simulated at the operating frequency of 2.45 GHz using CST software. The simulation
results show that the proposed antenna has a 0.1465 GHz i.e. 146.5 MHz bandwidth, which is more than
1.77 times larger than a conventional antenna (bandwidth = 0.0827 GHz i.e. 82.7MHz). The suggested
antenna is suitable for a wide range of wireless communication standards, such as Bluetooth (2.4 to 2.485
GHz), WiMAX (2.3 to 2.4 GHz), Microwave ovens (2.4 to 2.48 GHz), RFID (2.4 to 2.5 GHz), S-Band (2.3
to 2.4 GHz), Wireless Communication Services (WCS) 2.345 GHz to 2.360 GHz, and 4G LTE (2.3 to 2.315
GHz).
A Simple Uhf Rfid Circularly-Polarized Reader Antenna DesignIJERA Editor
In this paper, the simple antenna is proposed for ultra high- frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification
(RFID) application. It is designed to achieve circular polarization with unidirectional beam. The antenna is
composed of the truncated radiation patch and ground plane. The simulation results show that the antenna
achieves the return loss of -31.92 dB, gain of 8 dBic, axial ratio (AR) of 1.8 dB and 3 dB AR beamwidth of 60
degree over the band width of 915-928 MHz.
Design and comparison of printed antennas using meander line techniquejournalBEEI
The interest for compact antennas in wireless communication increase due to the portability and mobility of the communication devices. Generally, an antenna at low frequency exhibits in large physical size. This project investigates the design of an antenna at 400 MHz. The simulation of the antenna has been performed using CST MWS. Since medical applications are dealing with low frequency, it will lead to large size of antenna which brings a challenge for wireless personal area network (WPAN). It is well known that the antenna performance decreases (according to Chu’s equation) as the size of antenna decreases. Therefore, antenna miniaturization using Meander Line (ML) will be taking place to overcome the challenges. Thus, this paper presents a comparison between i) printed dipole antenna without meander line technique, ii) printed dipole with meander line technique and iii) printed monopole antenna with meander line technique. The results show that an estimation of reduction size by 50% can be achieved using Meander Line technique.
The Microstrip antenna has been commercially used in many applications, such as direct broadcast
satellite service, mobile satellite communications, global positioning system, medical hyperthermia usage,
etc. The patch antenna of the size reduction at a given operating frequency is obtained. Mobile personal
communication systems and wireless computer networks are most commonly used nowadays and they are
in need of antennas in different frequency bands. In regulate to without difficulty incorporate these
antennas into individual systems, a micro strip scrap transmitter have been preferred and intended for a
convinced divergence. There is also an analysis of radiation pattern, Gain of the antenna, Directivity of the
antenna, Electric Far Field. The simulations results are obtained by using electromagnetic simulation
software called feko software are presented and discussed.
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ISSN: 2319 – 1813 ISBN: 2319 – 1805
An Innovative Octagonal Fractal Circular PIFA for Mobile
Phone Applications
1
S. Beril, 2 T. Anita Jones Mary
Department of Electronics and Communication, Karunya University
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Usually cell phones operate in different bands which require multiple antennas to be designed for different
applications. Planar Inverted F Antenna (PIFA) is popular for portable wireless devices because of its low
profile, small size and simple structure. Narrow Bandwidth still remained as a problem even after using PIFA.
But by using fractal PIFA antennas multiple bands have been achieved with a single antenna without significant
increase in space. Also octagonal shape and slotted structures in the circular patch helps in increasing
bandwidth. In this paper Octagonal Fractal slotted Circular PIFA has been proposed and designed using
FEKO. The results show that the proposed antenna can be used for integrating telecommunication services such
as GSM, 3G, HiperLAN, UMTS and WLAN in mobile phones with good efficiency and gain.
Keywords - Bandwidth, Fractal antenna, Mobile Phones, Octagonal antennas, Planar Inverted Fractal Antenna (PIFA).
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Date of Submission: 13, December, 2012 Date of Publication: 30, December 2012
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I. INTRODUCTION
In Multi-Band Microstrip Rectangular
W hen the cell phones were first introduced in the
early days, they were very large in size and had
very limited service areas. Cell phones had
Fractal Antenna [1] using a decomposition algorithm,
compactness has been obtained. For reducing the size
large antennas that have to be pulled out before of the antenna, Fractal geometries have been
introduced in the rectangular microstrip antenna. The
making a phone call. Cell phone antennas may seem
aspects of microstrip antennas such as the design have
like a fairly harmless issue but it is not so. Only when
been studied in this paper and the size of the antenna
the antenna is more efficient, less power is consumed
has been greatly reduced. Different theories and
by the device. This is possible only when the size of
techniques for shrinking the size of an antenna
the antenna is small.
through the use of fractals have been discussed in [2].
There has been an increasing demand in
Fractal antennas can obtain radiation pattern and input
antennas that are compact, conformal, and broadband.
A popular method of achieving these characteristics in impedance similar to a longer antenna but take less
an antenna is by exploiting the property of fractals. area due to the many contours of the shape.
Applications for fractal geometries in cellular devices The design and performance of three fractal
loop antennas for passive UHF RFID [3] tags at 900
have become hot topics of research because of
MHz was investigated. Fractal loop had better
consumer demand. Fractal antennas take advantage of
radiation characteristics than the standard Koch fractal
delivering exactly what consumers need. Fractal
loop. Fractal antennas gained their importance
geometries have two common properties namely self-
because of its features of miniaturization, wideband,
similar property and space filling property. The self-
multiple resonance, low cost and reliability. The
similarity property results in a multiband behaviour of
antenna satisfied all the requirements in reducing the
the fractal antennas [1]. Using the self-similarity
RFID tag size and cost by providing good impedance
property a fractal antenna can be designed to receive
matching and high gain.
and transmit over a wide range of frequencies. Space
filling property is used mainly to reduce antenna size. Fractal PIFA antenna also [4] has been
proposed to achieve the design of internal compact
Fractal antenna uses a self-similar design to maximize
and broadband microstrip patch antennas. This paper
the length of a material with a total surface area. This
makes fractal antennas compact and wideband. The proposes a fractal which can be used as an internal
fractal element of the antenna allows it to have much antenna solution with a wideband frequency response
which covers the required operating frequency range
different resonance, i.e. it will act as an antenna for
for mobile phone application.
many different electromagnetic frequencies. The
different resonances arise because of the fractal nature
of the antenna.
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A comparison among the three designs has II. Proposed Antenna Design
been presented in [5] which show that the Sierpinski The proposed antenna iterations are
carpet fractal antenna is better than the other two constructed on a circular radiating patch of radius r
fractal designs Sierpinski carpet and Koch curve. The with a thickness 1mm which is printed on a Rogers
carpet design exhibits a bandwidth of 1.8 GHz which board of same radius r with a thickness of 0.813mm
is comparable to the other designs where as it has and €r of 3.38 where r [12] is given by
demonstrated a size of reduction of 53 % which is
greater than the two fractal designs. r=1.306(λ/2) mm (1)
The accomplishment of acceptable bandwidth
is definitely an important consideration for antenna
design in mobile communications systems. The
radiation pattern result shows an omnidirectional
radiation, which can radiate equally in all directions
which entails that the antenna is suitable for
application in wireless communication, especially in
the desired domain. SCF-PIFA [6] effectively reduced
the element size as compared to the printed microstrip
transmission line feed Sierpinski Carpet antenna and
was able to provide coverage at all desired frequency
bands.
Fig.1 Proposed Antenna (a) Basic geometry (b) Top view
The Fractal Microstrip patch antenna is also
used in backscattering reduction. The radiation pattern
Rogers board is connected to the ground
of fractal antenna in [7] shows that cross polarization
plane measuring Lg x wg through a stub measuring hs
level is better in fractal patch. The gain loss of Fractal
x ws which supports the whole antenna. The
antenna compared with rectangular antenna on configuration of the proposed PIFA is shown in Fig.1.
resonant frequency is less than 1 dB. It has been
found that this structure with proper indentation in the TABLE I
border length offers considerable miniaturization PIFA PARAMETERS
compare to the conventional rectangular patch
antenna. As the iteration order increases, the resonant Paramet Value
frequency decreases more to lower side and indicates er (mm)
more size reduction. Such properties of the patches Lg 100
make it possible to apply fractal antennas to those wg 54
applications needing reduced size of antennas. rp 54
Currently, many cell phones use a Planar hs 7
ws 4
Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA), which is small, low-
r0 10
profile antenna. The Planar Inverted-F antenna [8] is
a 5
used in the mobile phone market in a large extent. The Depending on the Fractal‟s iterations the stub
antenna is resonant at a quarter-wavelength and hence and feed position can be varied. The parameter of the
it reduces the space occupied in mobile phones. This
proposed antenna has been given in the Table I. A
antenna is similar to the shape of inverted F [9],
perfect fractal antenna would be obtained by iterating
coordinating its name. The Planar Inverted-F Antenna
the simple Cantor array an infinite number of times.
has a low profile and an omnidirectional pattern.PIFA
consists of three parts namely, rectangular planar Fig.2 shows the antennas bearing zeroth
element, ground plane and short-circuit plate. The iteration with line as a radiating element. Zeroth
drawback is its narrow bandwidth and not multiband. iteration (or) base shape is obtained without iteration
Fractal PIFA has been designed to address these by inserting the cuts in the four sides. First iteration
problems. A Fractal PIFA [10] works similarly to a which is shown in figure is obtained by printing a
traditional PIFA, but has fractal design. As the fractal single octagon on the circular patch centre of radius
PIFA‟s serve as an effective internal antenna with „r0‟. Figure shows the second iteration obtained by
good efficiency and gain, its efficiency could still be iterating the middle octagon of side „a‟.
increased using octagonal printed patches and
bandwidth could be increased using slotted patches
[11] which have been designed in this paper.
Fig.2 Fractal PIFA for (a) zeroth iteration fig 3(b) first iteration
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Fig 3(c) second iteration
Octagonal shape has been selected as it gives
a high bandwidth [13, 12].The bandwidth of the
antenna can be improved when the available planar
area of a circle of radius r is best utilized by the Fig.3 Return loss
antenna. The end V shaped structures also helps to The bandwidth has been calculated and the
improve bandwidth. The stub kept vertically provides values are tabulated in table II. Bandwidth describes
better matching and tuning. A circular patch [14] with the range of frequencies over which the antenna can
a single feed point will create linear polarization. If properly radiate or receive energy. It has been found
the circular patch antenna is made into an ellipse and that as the iteration increases, bandwidth has been
fed properly it can produce circular polarization. increased in our proposed antenna. Iteration of the
Standard circular shape patch antenna has linear antenna supports dual band operation whereas without
polarization. Changing the position of the feed point, iteration antenna possess only single band of
horizontal or vertical polarization can be obtained. operation. The fundamental operating resonant
Circular polarization can also be obtained by making frequency is about 2.4 GHz with an operating
some slots or slot like structures. The slot affects not Bandwidth of 500 MHz.
only the polarization, but also improves antenna
impedance. It is also easy to fabricate patch antennas TABLE III
that radiate circularly-polarized waves. Fractal PIFA EFFICIENCY RESULTS OF THE ANTENNA
[15] design has allowed for a large Bandwidth after Telecommunication Frequency Efficiency (%)
few iterations. Service (MHz)
GSM 1900-2400 97.1275
V. Antenna Results and Discussions 3G 2000-2900 86.9757
WLAN and 3000-3800 90.9757
TABLE II Bluetooth
BANDWIDTH RESULTS OF THE ANTENNA HiperLAN 4000-4700 79.6994
Iterations Frequency (MHz) Bandwidth(MHz) 5500-6900 90.9757
Zeroth 1900-2400 500 (8.75%)
A highly efficient antenna has most of the
2000-2900(1st
900(11.53%) power present at the antenna's input. It can be seen
resonance)
3000-3800(2nd from the Table III that the antenna radiation efficiency
First 800(8.19%) is more than 70%. From the obtained results of
resonance)
4000-4700(3rd Bandwidth and efficiency given in the Tables II and
700(11.36%)
resonance) III it has been shown that the proposed antenna is
Second 5500-6900 1400(24.13%) suitable for being used as an internal antenna for
mobile communication.
The proposed antenna has been simulated
using FEKO. Except the dielectric Rogers board, the
ground plane and all conductors are assumed perfect
electric. This fractal antenna can be used for
integrating many telecommunication services like
GSM, Blue tooth, HIPERLAN, WLAN and 3G
services. Fig. 3 shows the simulated return loss
measurements (S11) for three iterations of the
Fig.4.Radiation pattern
proposed antenna. From the return loss graph the
measured bandwidths are as follows: For iteration 0,
the bandwidth is 500 MHz (1900-2400Mhz), while
Fig.4 shows the 3D radiation pattern of the
for the first iteration it is 900 MHz (2000-2900Mhz)
antenna which defines the variation of the power
in the lower band, 800 MHz (3000-3800 MHz) in the
radiated by an antenna as a function of the direction
middle band, 700Mhz (4000-4700)MHz in the upper
away from the antenna.Radiation pattern obtained at
band and for third iteration the bandwidth is 1400 (
the first, second and third frequency is almost omni-
5500-6900 MHz).The results have been tabulated in
directional, and is well suited for mobile phone
Table II.
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applications. The omni directional pattern provides
the widest coverage making the mobile phone IV. Conclusion
antennas wide access to a large number of cell phone In this paper, the octagonal Fractal shapes with
tower access points. different iterations are employed and studied in a detailed
manner. The main aspect in the design of typical circular
patch microstrip antenna is the V shaped structures at its
ends which improves the bandwidth and efficiency. A good
impedance matching and gain has also been achieved by
this antenna. This antenna could be used for mobile phones
for integrating various telecommunication services as multi-
band [16] frequencies (2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz, 3.7 GHz, 4.5
GHz, and 5.9 GHz) has been obtained.
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Biographies and Photographs
S.Beril was born in India on 20th
April 1990. She has received B.E
degree in Electronics and
Communication Engineering and
currently doing her Master of
technology in Karunya
University.She has got professional
membership in IAESTE and IAENG.
T. Anita Jones Mary was born in
India on 8th May 1976. She has
received B.E degree in Electronics
and Communication Engineering
from Madurai Kamaraj University,
in 1998.She has received M.E
degree in Communication Systems
from Madurai Kamaraj University,
in 2000. Currently she is pursuing PhD degree in
Design of MIMO antennas for wireless applications.
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