Fractal monopole antenna for WLAN USB dongle

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

Q. Luo (Author) Other; H. M. Salgado (Author) FEUP; J. R. Pereira (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2009 - Conference Proceedings

Pages: 245-247

Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2009

Loughborough, 16 November 2009 through 17 November 2009

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Scopus - 29 Citations

INSPEC

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-SCE

DOI: 10.1109/lapc.2009.5352377

Abstract (EN): This article presents the design and fabrication of a simple printed fractal monopole antenna for WLAN USB dongle applications. The proposed antenna uses the combination of meander line and fractal geometry, which is very simple and easy to fabricate, to achieve a multiband operation characteristic. The parameters of this antenna were optimized through numerical simulations in Ansoft HFSS, after which the antenna has been fabricated and characterized. The measurement results show that the proposed antenna has a -10 dB return loss bandwidth of 2.22 to 2.52 GHz and 5.03 to 5.84 GHz, which covers the entire required band for WLAN 802.11a/b/g standards. Moreover, from the simulation results, it is also observed that this proposed antenna exhibits constant gain of 1.8 dBi with 95% radiation efficiency in the lower band and 2.4 dBi with 94% radiation efficiency in the upper band, respectively.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3