A very-low-profile, six-antenna MIMO system aimed at operating in the concurrent 2.4 and 5 GHz bands for WLAN access-point applications is proposed. The MIMO system consists mainly of an antenna ground plane and six short-circuited monopole 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, and the 2.4 and 5 GHz antennas are facing each other one by one. The results show that well port isolation can be obtained together with good radiation characteristics. With a low profile of 6 mm in height, the proposed design can easily fit into wireless access points or routers and allow the 2.4- and 5-GHz band signals to be simultaneously received and transmitted with no need of external diplexer.
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.
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.
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.
Realization of Dual-Dipole-Antenna System for Concurrent Dual-Radio Operation...Saou-Wen Su
The study of the mutual coupling between the two simple strip dipole antennas is first carried out and investigated. The results show that the coupling or the antenna port isolation is almost separation distance independent when the two dipole antennas are arranged to be of orthogonal polarization. Following this characteristic, a novel dual-dipole-antenna system aimed for concurrent 2.4 and 5 GHz band operation and at the same time, to achieve very compact integration of two individual antennas with separate feeds is proposed. The two dipole antennas are etched on a two-layered dielectric substrate with dimensions 30 mm × 30 mm. On the front layer is put the 2.4 GHz dipole, which is perpendicular to the 5 GHz dipole located on the bottom layer. Though the two dipoles are stacked up with a distance of 0.8 mm only, port isolation can still be below –15 dB. The proposed dual-dipole-antenna system is a promising candidate for the antenna solution that enables simultaneous dual-radio operation.
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.
2009 IEEE AP-S-Compact Coaxial-Line-Fed Printed Monopole Antenna for Lower-Ba...Saou-Wen Su
A compact, printed, ultrawideband (UWB) monopole antenna suitable to be as an internal antenna attractive for future UWB applications is demonstrated. The proposed antenna is of a small form factor with the dimensions 6 mm × 33 mm and can easily be fed by 50-ohms mini-cable line. The antenna mainly comprises a monopole antenna, a feeding strip and a ground plane, all printed on a small FR4 substrate. The monopole antenna is printed on both layers of the substrate with an end portion on the back for control of the first/lower resonant mode of the antenna. The feeding strip in between the monopole antenna and the ground plane is further offset to achieve better impedance matching and proper upper-edge operating frequency. With the proposed antenna structure, which provides an operating bandwidth of larger than 2.7 GHz, the impedance bandwidth by 10-dB return loss can easily cover the 3.1–4.85 GHz band, the lower band of the UWB operation.
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.
A Bent, Shorted, Planar Monopole Antenna for 2.4 GHz WLAN ApplicationsSaou-Wen Su
A simple, bent monopole antenna well useful for WLAN applications in the 2.4 GHz band is presented. The monopole antenna has a rectangular radiating plate in general and is short-circuited to a small antenna ground and an assembly plate. The assembly plate is not only used as a supporting plate for antenna installation but also regarded as antenna ground. With a low profile of the monopole and use of the coaxial-line feed, the antenna has much flexibility in the placement inside a wireless device. Good radiation characteristics have been observed too.
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.
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.
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.
Realization of Dual-Dipole-Antenna System for Concurrent Dual-Radio Operation...Saou-Wen Su
The study of the mutual coupling between the two simple strip dipole antennas is first carried out and investigated. The results show that the coupling or the antenna port isolation is almost separation distance independent when the two dipole antennas are arranged to be of orthogonal polarization. Following this characteristic, a novel dual-dipole-antenna system aimed for concurrent 2.4 and 5 GHz band operation and at the same time, to achieve very compact integration of two individual antennas with separate feeds is proposed. The two dipole antennas are etched on a two-layered dielectric substrate with dimensions 30 mm × 30 mm. On the front layer is put the 2.4 GHz dipole, which is perpendicular to the 5 GHz dipole located on the bottom layer. Though the two dipoles are stacked up with a distance of 0.8 mm only, port isolation can still be below –15 dB. The proposed dual-dipole-antenna system is a promising candidate for the antenna solution that enables simultaneous dual-radio operation.
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.
2009 IEEE AP-S-Compact Coaxial-Line-Fed Printed Monopole Antenna for Lower-Ba...Saou-Wen Su
A compact, printed, ultrawideband (UWB) monopole antenna suitable to be as an internal antenna attractive for future UWB applications is demonstrated. The proposed antenna is of a small form factor with the dimensions 6 mm × 33 mm and can easily be fed by 50-ohms mini-cable line. The antenna mainly comprises a monopole antenna, a feeding strip and a ground plane, all printed on a small FR4 substrate. The monopole antenna is printed on both layers of the substrate with an end portion on the back for control of the first/lower resonant mode of the antenna. The feeding strip in between the monopole antenna and the ground plane is further offset to achieve better impedance matching and proper upper-edge operating frequency. With the proposed antenna structure, which provides an operating bandwidth of larger than 2.7 GHz, the impedance bandwidth by 10-dB return loss can easily cover the 3.1–4.85 GHz band, the lower band of the UWB operation.
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.
A Bent, Shorted, Planar Monopole Antenna for 2.4 GHz WLAN ApplicationsSaou-Wen Su
A simple, bent monopole antenna well useful for WLAN applications in the 2.4 GHz band is presented. The monopole antenna has a rectangular radiating plate in general and is short-circuited to a small antenna ground and an assembly plate. The assembly plate is not only used as a supporting plate for antenna installation but also regarded as antenna ground. With a low profile of the monopole and use of the coaxial-line feed, the antenna has much flexibility in the placement inside a wireless device. Good radiation characteristics have been observed too.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bandwidth enhancement of rectangular microstrip patch antenna using slotsIOSR Journals
In this paper, a new design of rectangular microstrip patch antenna (RMPA) without slot, with slots
and array is proposed and analyzed. The designed antenna has been simulated using HFSS software. The
simulated results for return loss, radiation pattern and gain are presented and discussed. The bandwidth of
proposed antenna is 2.4GHz-5.9GHz for VSWR(voltage standing wave ratio)<2><-
10dB return loss as an acceptable reference in wireless applications which cover worldwide interoperability for
microwave access (WiMAX) and wireless local area network (WLAN) and other applications. Gain of 10dB is
achieved for antenna array.
A small couple slotted antenna for UWB applicationJigyasa Singh
WPAN technology aims to provide a reliable wireless communication between computer, portable devices & consumer electronics within short range.This requires high data rate.
Therefore, UWB technology has been designed & developed to meet this demand. For this, UWB antennas are essential.
How antenna properties affect MIMO performance? New antenna antenna parameters to understand for selecting/designing effective MIMO (4G/LTE) communications.
A Review of Multi Resonant Slotted Micro Strip Patch Antenna (MPA) for IMT, W...IJEEE
In this paper, a stacked multi resonant slotted micro strip patch antenna (MPA) has been proposed which is suitable to be used for GSM, WLAN standard and WiMAX applications. The antenna has been designed using substrate of FR4 material. In the designed stacked antenna, substrates having different thickness has been used. The bottom stack of designed antenna has a radiating patch of circular shape and the patch on the upper stack has rectangular shape and is flexible in nature. The antenna has a feed line which is connected to circular patch to feed power to the antenna. The feed line has to be of suitable width to match the antenna impedance with port impedance of 50 ohms. The designed antenna has a defected ground structure in order to improve the antenna performance. The antenna performance has been measured in terms of antenna parameters such as impedance bandwidth (GHz), Return loss (dB), antenna impedance (ohms), VSWR and Directivity (dBi). The designed antenna results have been simulated in CST Microwave Studio 2010. The practically designed antenna has been tested successfully by using Network analyzer E5071C. It has been observed that the practical results closely match with theoretical results.
Matching a Bluetooth Headset Antenna on a Small System Ground by Using a Cond...Saou-Wen Su
A simple yet effective method for matching a compact planar inverted- F antenna (PIFA) on a small system circuit board for Bluetooth-headset applications is presented. The antenna is perpendicular to and extends along the top and right sides of the system ground, making it possible for the antenna to occupy almost no limited board space. Results have shown that by introducing a thin conductive wire soldered to the bottom corner of the system ground, good input matching over the 2400-2484 MHz band can easily be achieved for the PIFA mounted on a small ground of length less than a quarter wavelength at 2440 MHz. Radiation measurements of the proposed design in a real headset attached to a standard head phantom are also taken.
January2024-Top 10 Read Articles in JANT.pdfjantjournal
International Journal of Antennas is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research as well as review articles in the field of antennas and its allied domain. This journal aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, engineers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results in their specialized arena in antenna engineering. The journal invites good quality research and review papers for publications.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bandwidth enhancement of rectangular microstrip patch antenna using slotsIOSR Journals
In this paper, a new design of rectangular microstrip patch antenna (RMPA) without slot, with slots
and array is proposed and analyzed. The designed antenna has been simulated using HFSS software. The
simulated results for return loss, radiation pattern and gain are presented and discussed. The bandwidth of
proposed antenna is 2.4GHz-5.9GHz for VSWR(voltage standing wave ratio)<2><-
10dB return loss as an acceptable reference in wireless applications which cover worldwide interoperability for
microwave access (WiMAX) and wireless local area network (WLAN) and other applications. Gain of 10dB is
achieved for antenna array.
A small couple slotted antenna for UWB applicationJigyasa Singh
WPAN technology aims to provide a reliable wireless communication between computer, portable devices & consumer electronics within short range.This requires high data rate.
Therefore, UWB technology has been designed & developed to meet this demand. For this, UWB antennas are essential.
How antenna properties affect MIMO performance? New antenna antenna parameters to understand for selecting/designing effective MIMO (4G/LTE) communications.
A Review of Multi Resonant Slotted Micro Strip Patch Antenna (MPA) for IMT, W...IJEEE
In this paper, a stacked multi resonant slotted micro strip patch antenna (MPA) has been proposed which is suitable to be used for GSM, WLAN standard and WiMAX applications. The antenna has been designed using substrate of FR4 material. In the designed stacked antenna, substrates having different thickness has been used. The bottom stack of designed antenna has a radiating patch of circular shape and the patch on the upper stack has rectangular shape and is flexible in nature. The antenna has a feed line which is connected to circular patch to feed power to the antenna. The feed line has to be of suitable width to match the antenna impedance with port impedance of 50 ohms. The designed antenna has a defected ground structure in order to improve the antenna performance. The antenna performance has been measured in terms of antenna parameters such as impedance bandwidth (GHz), Return loss (dB), antenna impedance (ohms), VSWR and Directivity (dBi). The designed antenna results have been simulated in CST Microwave Studio 2010. The practically designed antenna has been tested successfully by using Network analyzer E5071C. It has been observed that the practical results closely match with theoretical results.
Matching a Bluetooth Headset Antenna on a Small System Ground by Using a Cond...Saou-Wen Su
A simple yet effective method for matching a compact planar inverted- F antenna (PIFA) on a small system circuit board for Bluetooth-headset applications is presented. The antenna is perpendicular to and extends along the top and right sides of the system ground, making it possible for the antenna to occupy almost no limited board space. Results have shown that by introducing a thin conductive wire soldered to the bottom corner of the system ground, good input matching over the 2400-2484 MHz band can easily be achieved for the PIFA mounted on a small ground of length less than a quarter wavelength at 2440 MHz. Radiation measurements of the proposed design in a real headset attached to a standard head phantom are also taken.
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Characterizing wi fi-link_in_open_outdoor_netwoSalah Amean
long distance wifi is really an important concept to deliver internet to remote places in developed countries as well as the poor and developing countries.
Cellular networks versus mobile adhoc networks, mobile adhoc network enabling technologies, Challenges in MANET, MANET, History of Mobile Networks, Mobile Networks, Future Research areas in WLANs, challenges in wireless networks, HomeRF, Bluetooth, HiperLAN ½, Operation modes of 802.11, Different 802.11standards, IEEE 802.11 Wireless Standard:, Wireless LAN Standards, Diffused Configuration, Omni directional Configuration, Direct beam Configuration, Narrowband microwave LANs, Spread spectrum LANs, Infrared (IR) LANs , Types of Wireless LANs, History of Wireless LAN.
seminar paper on BROADBAND OVER POWER LINES. It is the method of data transfer through the existing power lines.
"Wherever electricity is available there could be broadband"
Design and optimize microstrip patch antenna array using the active element p...journalBEEI
Microstrip patch antennas are widely used in modern day communication devices due to their light weight, low cost and ease of fabrication. In this paper, we have designed and fabricated two Microstrip Patch Antennas (slotted-ring and truncated-slotted ring) and array at 2.4 GHz for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) applications using Computer Simulation Technology, CST. The antenna design consists of rectangular radiating patch on Rogers RT5880 substrate and is excited by using coaxial probe feeding technique. The truncated-slotted ring has been designed on top of the radiating patch to improve bandwidth. The simulation and measurement results of the both antennas are in close agreement with each other. Due to the good agreement of simulation and measurement results of truncated-slotted ring antenna in comparison with slotted-ring antenna, it has been selected for antenna array design. The simulated and measured S11 of truncated-slotted ring antenna shows -21dB and -15.6 dB at 2.4 GHz respectively. Then, the antenna has been formed into 1x4 array in order to observe its beamforming capability. The proposed antenna array is suitable for 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi standard which is proposed to be used for IoT.
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.
IMPEDANCE MATCHED COMPACT ZIGZAG MULTIBAND INVERTED-F ANTENNA FOR WI-FI, MOBI...ijasuc
Multiband loaded inverted-F antennas suitable to be applied in a portable device as an internal antenna
having high gain property for mobile WiMAX , Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and WLAN operations are presented.
Numerical simulation is carried out using method of moments in Numerical Electromagnetic Code
(NEC-2). The proposed dual inverted-F antenna is suitable for 3.5/5 GHz and compact triple band
inverted-F antenna is for 2.4/3.5/5.2 GHz operations. Total areas occupied by the antennas are
24mm×37mm and 29mm×37mm in case of dual IFA and triple IFA respectively. The antennas contain
an incredibly high peak gain of 7.72 dBi at 5 GHz band and the gain variations at all frequency bands
are less than 1 dBi . In addition, the antennas have satisfactory radiation characteristics at all the
frequency bands. Due to compact area occupied, the proposed antennas are promising to be embedded
within the different portable devices.
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2. and at the same time, short-circuited to the ground for ease of
mounting [together with foam rubber as shown in Fig. 1(c)]. The
near optimal dimensions for the 2.4 and 5 GHz antennas are
detailed in Figure 2. The antenna height in this study is 6 and 5 mm
for the 2.4 and 5 GHz monopoles, respectively, making it possible
for the design to be integrated into a wireless AP or router as
internal MIMO antennas. Notice that the thickness of the proposed
design is merely about 4.8% free-space wavelength at 2442 MHz,
the center frequency of the 2.4-GHz WLAN band. Moreover, one
can easily alter the center operating frequency (fc) of the 2.4 GHz
antenna by fine-tuning parameter d. With an increase in d, the fc
increases too. As for the 5 GHz antennas, the center frequency fc
can be adjusted by fine-tuning parameter g with all the other
dimensions untouched and in general, goes up from lower to
higher frequencies as g decreases. These parameters are substan-
tially useful, especially when the antennas are installed inside the
housing of a wireless AP, because the operating frequencies of
both 2.4- and 5-GHz antennas are affected by dielectric loading
(device housing) [9] and usually shifted to lower frequency band.
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
On the basis of design dimensions given in Figure 2, the proposed,
MIMO AP antennas was constructed, studied, and tested. Figures
3(a) and 3(b) show the measured reflection coefficients and isola-
tion between antennas. The reflection coefficients are plotted by
the curves of S11, S22, S33 for the 2.4 GHz antennas and of S44, S55,
S66 for the 5 GHz antennas. The isolation between any two of the
six antennas is only presented by the curves of S21, S31, S41, S51,
S61, S54, S64 due to symmetrical structure of the proposed antenna
system. It can be first seen that all measured impedance bandwidth
of the 2.4 and 5 GHz antennas satisfy the required bandwidth
Figure 1 (a) Configuration of the proposed, low-profile monopole an-
tennas for concurrent, dual-WLAN-band operation for MIMO access-point
applications. (b) Top view of the proposed six-antenna MIMO system. (c)
Photograph of a design prototype. [Color figure can be viewed in the online
issue, which is available at www.interscience.wiley.com]
(denoted as antenna 1, 2, 3), and three 5 GHz antennas (denoted as
antenna 4, 5, 6). Each antenna is situated next to another which
operates in different frequency band so as to mitigate mutual
coupling therein between. The six antennas are set 15 mm away
from the vertex and mounted on the ground with an equal incli-
nation angle (formed by two adjacent vertices and the center) of
60°. In this case, the proposed antennas are in a sequential, rotating
arrangement and of a symmetrical structure. Figure 1(b) gives a
comprehensible drawing of the design described earlier. A photo-
graph of the design prototype is shown in Figure 1(c), too, for
better understanding. To feed each antenna, six 50- mini-coaxial
cables with I-PEX connectors are utilized [see Fig. 3(c)]. The inner
conductors of the coaxial cables are connected to the feed points,
and the outer braided shielding are connected to the hexagonal
ground plane. Figure 2 Dimensions of the 2.4- and 5-GHz monopole antennas in
In order to realize the proposed AP antennas that have a very detail. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available
low profile, the designed monopole antennas are bent two times at www.interscience.wiley.com]
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3. (a)
Figure 4 Measured 2D radiation patterns at 2442 MHz for antenna 1
studied in Figure 3(a). [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue,
which is available at www.interscience.wiley.com]
conical radiation patterns in the y-z plane and omnidirectional
radiation patterns in the x-y plane. For the 5 GHz antennas, similar
conical-pattern (in the y-z plane) and omnidirectional (in the x-y
plane) radiation has been also observed but with less backward
radiation (below the x-y plane) obtained. Figure 6 gives the 3D
radiation patterns at 2442 and 5490 MHz for antennas 1 and 6.
Other frequencies in the bands of interest were also measured, and
no appreciable difference in radiation patterns was found. It can be
seen that both 2.4 and 5 GHz antennas have maximum field
strength in the lateral directions instead of horizontal directions in
elevation planes. The proposed design is favorable to ceiling-
mount AP applications in this case.
(b) Figure 7 presents the measured peak antenna gain and radiation
efficiency against frequency. The peak gain over the 2.4 GHz band
Figure 3 Measured S-parameters for the antennas of a constructed is seen at a constant level of about 2.1 dBi; the radiation efficiency
prototype; d 1.7 mm, g 1 mm: (a) reflection coefficients (S11, S22, S33
exceeds about 75%. For the 5 GHz band, the peak gain varies from
for the 2.4 GHz antennas, S44, S55, S66 for the 5 GHz antennas); (b)
3.7 to 4.6 dBi with radiation efficiency larger than 79%. Notice
isolation (S21, S31, S41, S51, S61, S54, S64) between any two of the six
antennas. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is avail- that the radiation efficiency was obtained by calculating the total
able at www.interscience.wiley.com] radiated power of the antenna under test (AUT) over the 3D
spherical radiation first and then dividing the total amount by the
input power (default value is 0 dBm) given to the AUT. Finally,
specification for 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN operation with reflection the studies on substituting a circular ground of diameter 120 mm
coefficient below 9.6 dB (or VSWR of 2). Second, the isolation for the hexagonal ground were also conducted. The simulation
between any two antennas is found to be below 15 and 20 dB
over the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, respectively. In general, poor
isolation occurs between the two antennas that operate in the same
frequency band, as can be observed in Figure 3(b). The variation
between S21 and S31 (or between S54 and S64) is very small largely
due to the symmetrical multiantenna structure. Notice that the
decoupling between antennas 4 and 1 is better than that between
antennas 5 and 1 despite the fact that the two antennas (4, 1 and 5,
1) are spaced the same distance apart. This behavior is probably
because the shorting portion of antenna 1 faces antenna 4. In this
case, the shorting portion acts as a shield [4, 10, 11] against nearby
fringing field from antenna 4 and also suppressing coupling effect
on antenna 4.
Figures 4 and 5 plot the far-field, 2D radiation patterns at 2442
and 5490 MHz, the center operating frequencies of the 2.4 and 5
GHz bands, in E and E fields. Because of the sequential, rotating
arrangement of the six antennas, it is only needed to analyze the
radiation of one 2.4 GHz antenna and one 5 GHz antenna. Thus, Figure 5 Measured 2D radiation patterns at 5490 MHz for antenna 6
antennas 1 and 6 are chosen to suit the convenience of defining the studied in Figure 3(a). [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue,
antenna coordinates. For the 2.4 GHz antennas, the antenna yields which is available at www.interscience.wiley.com]
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