A novel printed multiband low cost antenna for WLAN and WiMAX applications

Abstract

In this paper, a star-shaped microstrip patch antenna with modified ground structure consisting of an F-shaped slot printed in the ground is presented. The purpose of this design is to achieve and validate this microstrip multiband antenna. The entire area of the proposed antenna is 50x50mm2 and is printed on an FR-4 substrate and fed by a 50 Ohm microstrip line. This antenna has been analyzed and simulated for the WLAN and WiMAX applications. Simulation results show that the antenna has a good matching input impedance bandwidths for, S11<=-10 dB, covering the WLAN at 2.4/5.2 GHz and WiMAX at 3.5 GHz. Simulation has been done by using three different electromagnetic solvers for comparison CST-MW, Ansoft’s HFSS and ADS. After the realization, we have tested and validated this antenna. The measurement results of the antenna present a good agreement with the numerical results.