Compact Slotted Broadband Antenna for Wireless Applications

This paper presents the theoretical investigation of a slotted patch antenna. The main objective of proposed work is to obtain a large bandwidth antenna with reduced size. The antenna has a compact size of 21.1mm x 20.25mm x 8.5mm. Two designs with minor variation are studied which provide wide impedance bandwidths of 24.056% and 25.63% respectively with the use of parasitic elements when excited by a probe feed. The advantages of this configuration are its compact size and the wide range of frequencies covered. A parametric study is also conducted to investigate the characteristics of the antenna under different conditions. The measured return loss and radiation pattern indicate the suitability of this design for WLAN applications, namely, Wi- Max, 802.11a/b/g and ISM bands.

Authors:

• M. M. Sharma
• Swati Gupta
• Deepak Bhatnagar
• R. P. Yadav

Keywords:

• Inset feed
• microstrip antenna
• parasitic patch
• shorting wall
• slot
• wi-max.

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