A Novel Compact Printed ACS Fed Dual-band Antenna for Bluetooth/WLAN/WiMAX Applications

In this research article, a compact dual band asymmetric coplanar strip-fed printed antenna is designed and presented for Bluetooth, WLAN/WiMAX and public safety applications. The dual frequency operating bands (2.45 GHz and 5.25 GHz) have been achieved by attaching two simple meander shaped radiating strips to the ACS feed line. The proposed antenna geometry is printed on a low cost FR4 substrate having thickness of 1.6 mm with overall dimensions of 13 x 21.3m including uniplanar ground plane. The -10 dB impedance bandwidth of the meandered ACS-fed dual band monopole antenna is about 140 MHz from 2.36-2.5 GHz, and 2500 MHz from 4.5-7.0 GHz respectively, which can cover 2.4 GHz Bluetooth/WLAN, 5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN, 5.5 GHz WiMAX and 4.9 GHz US public safety bands. In addition to the simple geometry and wide impedance bandwidth features, proposed structure perform bidirectional and omnidirectional radiation pattern in both E and H-plane respectively.