Compact 3D USB dongle monopole antenna for mobile wireless communication bands. Issue 6 (December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sadek, Sawsan; Essaaidi, Mohammed; Elsheakh, Dalia M.; Safwat, Amr M.E.
• Is Part Of: International journal of microwave and wireless technologies. Volume 6:Issue 6(2014)
• Page Start: 639
• Page End: 644
• Publication Date: 2014-12
• Subjects: Wireless communication systems -- Periodicals; Microwave circuits -- Periodicals; Radio frequency -- Periodicals; 621.381305
• DOI: 10.1017/S1759078714000245
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1759-0787

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Three-dimensional compact volume internal antenna for universal serial bus (USB) dongle that covers hexa operating bands is proposed in this paper. The volume of the proposed USB dongle is 15×20×4 mm³; it is based on two connected monopoles, one of them is semi-circular monopole ended by three unit cells of meander-line and the other is a bent monopole with four unit cells of high-impedance wire. The proposed antenna is realized on a printed circuit board to reduce the fabrication costs. The coupling between the antenna elements broadens the operating bandwidth, which includes most of the wireless commercial service bands, GSM850/GSM900/UMTS/GSM1800/GSM1900/WCDMA2100/802.11b/g/LTE2600 (824–2690 MHz) as well as 802.11a/n (5150–5825 MHz). The antenna's simulated and experimental results are in good agreement.</p> </abstract>