Design of compact multi‐band meander‐line antenna for global positioning system/wireless local area network/worldwide interoperability for microwave access band applications in laptops/tablets. Issue 15 (1st December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bartwal, Pallavi; Gautam, Anil Kumar; Singh, Anil Kumar; Kanaujia, Binod Kumar; Rambabu, Karumudi
• Is Part Of: IET microwaves, antennas & propagation. Volume 10:Issue 15(2016)
• Page Start: 1618
• Page End: 1624
• Publication Date: 2016-12-01
• Subjects: UHF antennas -- microwave antennas -- multifrequency antennas -- Global Positioning System -- WiMax -- wireless LAN -- laptop computers -- notebook computers -- antenna radiation patterns -- planar antennas -- impedance matching; compact uniplanar multiband meander‐line antenna -- Global Positioning System application -- wireless local area network application -- worldwide interoperability‐for‐microwave access band application -- laptops -- tablets -- near omni‐directional coverage -- staircase‐type arm -- F‐shaped arm -- meander design -- impedance matching -- omni‐directional radiation; Microwaves -- Periodicals; Microwave antennas -- Periodicals; Antennas (Electronics) -- Periodicals; Radio wave propagation -- Periodicals; Microwave communication systems -- Periodicals; 621.381305
• DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2015.0777
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-8725

Abstract

Abstract : In this study, a compact (15 mm × 12 mm) uniplanar multi‐band antenna is proposed for laptops and tablets application with a near omni‐directional coverage. The main structure of the antenna implements meander design for compactness and multi‐band operation. A staircase‐type arm and an F‐shaped arm are added for achieving resonances at exact frequencies and for good impedance matching, respectively. The antenna is designed such that it operates in all the global positioning system/wireless local area network/worldwide interoperability for microwave access bands and is easy to fabricate and integrate inside laptops/tablets. A prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated, and its performance is validated for multi‐band operation and omni‐directional radiation.