Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.13067/JKIECS.2014.9.4.417

Design of Circular Ring Antenna with Half-Circular Strip for WLAN/WiMAX Applications  

Yoon, Joong-Han (신라대학교 전자공학과)
Publication Information
The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences / v.9, no.4, 2014 , pp. 417-424 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, a dual-band circular ring monopole antenna with semi-circular strip for WLAN(Wireless Local Area Networks)/WiMAX(World interoperability for Microwave Access) applications. The proposed antenna is based on a planar monopole design, and composed of half circular strip for dual-band operation which cover WLAN and WiMAX frequency bands. To obtain the optimized parameters, we used the simulator, Ansoft's High Frequency Structure Simulator(HFSS) and found the parameters that greatly effect antenna characteristics. Using the obtained parameters, the antenna is fabricated. The numerical and experiment results demonstrated that the proposed antenna satisfied the -10 dB impedance bandwidth requirement while simultaneously covering the WLAN and WiMAX bands. And characteristics of gain and radiation patterns are obtained for WLAN/WiMAX frequency bands.
Keywords
Circular Ring Antenna; WLAN/WiMAX Antenna; Dual-Band Operation; Half-Circular Strip;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 3  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 M. Kim, "Propulsion trend of 4th Generation Mobile Communication Systems and view of Wibro," Hana Financial Group Inc, vol. 230, no. 10, 2009, pp. 44-53.
2 Girish Kumar and K. P. Ray, Broadband Microstrip Antennas. Artech House, 2003.
3 Y.-W. Park, "Characteristics of patch antenna for WLAN," J. of The Korea Institute of Electronic Communication Sciences, vol. 6, no. 6, 2011, pp. 803-808.   과학기술학회마을
4 O.-W. Kim, "Design of dual-band microstrip antenna for wireless communication applications," J. of The Korea Institute of Electronic Communication Sciences, vol. 7, no. 6, 2012, pp. 1275-1279.   과학기술학회마을
5 Y. Han, Y. Z. Yin, Y. Q. Wei, Y. Zhao, B. Li, and X. N. Li, "A novel triple band monopole antenna with double coupled C-shaped strips for WiMAX/WLAN applications," J. of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 25, no. 8-9, 2011, pp. 1308-1316.   DOI   ScienceOn
6 G.-T. Jeong, Y.-R. Ju, and J.-H. Yoon, "Design and fabrication of dual-band compact monopole antenna with two branches for Wi-Fi mobile applications," J. of The Korea Institute of Electronic Communication Sciences, vol. 8, no. 1, 2013, pp. 41-47.   과학기술학회마을   DOI
7 Q. Y. Zhang and Q. X. Chu, "Triple band dual rectangular ring printed monopole antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 51, no. 12, 2009, pp. 2845-2848.   DOI   ScienceOn
8 X. S. Ren, Y. Z. Yin, S. F. Zheng, S. L. Zuo, and B. W. Liu, "Triple band rectangular ring monopole antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications," Microwave Optical Technology Letters, vol. 53, no 5, 2011, pp. 974-978.   DOI   ScienceOn
9 B. Yang, Y. C. Jiao, W. Zhang, H. H. Xie, and F. S. Zhang, "Dual band ring shaped antenna for WiMAX/WLAN application," IEEE Antenna Propagation Society International Symp, vol. 22, no. 25, 2011, pp. 38-40.
10 Y. F. Wang, B. H. Sun, K. He, R. H. Li, and Y. J. Wang, "A compact tri-band antenna for WLAN/WiMAX applications," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 53, no. 10, 2011, pp. 2371-2375.   DOI   ScienceOn
11 X. Li, W. Hu, Y. F. Wang, X. W. Shi, and X. T. Gu, "Printed triple band rectangular ring monopole antenna with symmetrical L strips for WLAN/WiMAX applications," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 54, no. 4, 2012, pp. 1049-1052.   DOI   ScienceOn
12 J. Yoon and G. Kil, "Compact monopole antenna design for WLAN/WiMAX tripleband operations," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 54, no. 8, 2012, pp. 1838-1846.   DOI   ScienceOn
13 J. Liang, C. C. Chiau, X. Chen, and C. G. Parini, "Printed circular ring monopole antennas," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 45, no. 5, 2005, pp. 372-375.   DOI   ScienceOn
14 J. Yoon, Y. Rhee, and Y. Jang, "Compact monopole antenna design for WLAN/WiMAX triple-band operations," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 54, no. 8, 2012, pp. 1838-1846.   DOI   ScienceOn
15 J. Yoon, Y. Rhee, and W. Kim, "A Rectangular Ring Open-Ended Monopole Antenna with Two Symmetric Strips for WLAN and WiMAX Applications," International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 2013, Article ID 109450, 2013, pp. 9.
16 J. X. Xiao, M. F. Wang, and G. J. Li, "A printed circular ring monopole antenna with band notched feature for UWB applications," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 52, no. 4, 2010, pp. 827-830.   DOI   ScienceOn
17 M. R. Aghda, M. R. Kamarudin, and H. U. Iddi, "M shape surrounded with ring patch wideband monopole printed antenna," Microwave and OpticTechnologyLetters, vol. 54, no. 2, 2012, pp. 482-486.
18 F. J. Wang, X. X. Yang, J. S. Zhang, G. P. Gao, and J. X. Xiao, "A band notched ring monopole antenna," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 50, no. 7, 2008, pp. 1882-1884.   DOI   ScienceOn
19 L. Liu, S. W. Cheung, R. Azim, and M. T. Lslam, "A compact circular ring antenna for ultra wideband applications," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 53, no. 10, 2011, pp. 2283-2288.   DOI   ScienceOn
20 H. Lee and Y. Lim, "Printed dual ring loop antenna for wide dual band frequency band of wireless application," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 54, no. 5, 2012, pp. 1317-1318.   DOI   ScienceOn
21 Y. Pan, K. Liu, and Z. Hou, "A novel printed microstrip antenna with frequency reconfigurable characteristics for Bluetooth/ WLAN/WiMAX applications," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 55, no, 6, 2013, pp. 1341-1345.   DOI   ScienceOn
22 M. K. Yang, G. P. Gao, S. F. Niu, and J. S. Zhang, "Study of a compact ring monopole UWB antenna with band notched characteristic," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 54, no. 10, 2012, pp. 2387-2392.   DOI   ScienceOn
23 N. H. Ramli, M. R. Kamarudin, N. A Samsuri, and E. N. Ahyat, "Investigation on a compact ring printed monopole antenna for wireless implantable body area network application," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 55, no. 5, 2013, pp. 1053-1058.   DOI   ScienceOn