Small Rectangular Parasitic Plane with Diamond Patch Antenna for WLAN Application

• Published in: 2008 6th National Conference on Telecommunication Technologies and 2008 2nd Malaysia Conference on Photonics pp. 157 - 161
• Main Authors: Norra, S.R., Azremi, A.A.H., Saidatul, N.A., Soh, P.J., Ibrahim, M.I.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-08-2008
• Subjects: Antenna measurements; Application software; Bandwidth; broadband antenna; Broadband antennas; Dielectric resonator antennas; Dielectric substrates; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; parasitic plane; patch antenna; Patch antennas; small ground plane; Wireless LAN
• ISBN: 9781424422142; 1424422140
• DOI: 10.1109/NCTT.2008.4814261

The design and experimental demonstrations of a microstrip patch antenna for broadband WLAN application are presented. The physical parameters of the antenna, including based on a diamond patch, antenna input impedance, antenna thickness and small parasitic plane as the ground plane dimensions, are studied. The influence of various parameters on antenna characteristics has been investigated using simulation software microwave office (MWO) and experimental results. Comparisons with measured results on fabricated antenna structures are provided for simulation validation. These results are very useful in the design of WLAN operations in the 2.4 GHz bands.