A compact microstrip multiband antenna on a
modified ground plane which can operate over the bands starting
from 900 MHz to 5.35 GHz which includes the GSM (880-960)
GPS (1568-1592 MHz), DCS (1710-1880 MHz), and PCS (1850-
1990 MHz). UMTS (1920-2170 MHz), IEEE 802.11 b/g (2400-
2484) and WLAN IEEE 802.11a band (5.15-5.35) is reported in
this paper. The overall dimension of the antenna is 33 x 33 mm2
including the top patch with a dimension 22 x 22 mm2. The
experimental results of the antenna are presented in this paper.
The results confirm that the antenna exhibits wide band
characteristics and covers 7 bands of operation
Mridula, S; Binu, Paul; Mythili, P; Mohanan, P(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, December , 2010)
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Abstract:
A method for simultaneously enhancing the bandwidth
and reducing the size of microstrip antennas (MSAs) using a modified
ground plane (GP) has been proposed with design formulas. A combshaped
truncated GP is used for this purpose. This method provides an
overall compactness up to 85% for proximity-coupled MSAs in the
frequency range of 900 MHz–5.5 GHz with an improvement inbandwidth up to seven times when compared with the conventional ones
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MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS / Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2010