Dual Y-shaped monopole antenna for dual-band WLAN/WiMAX operations

Abstract

A dual-band design of monopole antenna with two coupled Y-shaped strips for WLAN/WiMAX applications is presented. By the introduction of dual Y-shaped strips, two separated impedance bandwidths of 22.4% (3.284.10 GHz) and 19.2% (4.905.94 GHz) can be obtained to meet the specifications of the WLAN/WiMAX communication band applications. The proposed antenna is successfully simulated, designed, and measured, demonstrating the matched impedance and good radiation characteristics with an overall dimension of 17.7 × 26 × 1 mm 3. © 2014 Huiqing Zhai et al.