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Sheetlike Waveguide for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Bands

  • Eom, Kun-Sun (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yokohama National University) ;
  • Hiroyuki, Arai (Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yokohama National University)
  • Received : 2009.02.27
  • Accepted : 2009.11.19
  • Published : 2010.02.28
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Abstract

We present a useful design for a free access mat which supports two frequency bands of 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. The free access mat is a sheet-shaped waveguide which consists of a tightly coupled double-layered microstrip resonator array. It provides easy access for devices in short-range wireless communications. Interference is a common problem with conventional applications which use free space transmission. Our proposed wireless access system uses a subsidiary waveguide, the free access mat. Wireless devices are proximately coupled to the free access mat through which the coupled electromagnetic (EM) wave transmits. The arrival domain of the EM wave of an application is therefore limited to an area close to the free access mat. Wireless devices can be coupled to the free access mat at an arbitrary position without contact. We previously presented a free access mat for a single frequency band. This paper presents a free access mat for the two frequency bands of 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. The free access mat uses a ring patch resonator array which is easily excited by typical antennas and is resistant to interference. These characteristics are demonstrated by numerical simulation and confirmed by experiment.

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