Design of compact multi-band meander-line antenna for global positioning system/wireless local area network/worldwide interoperability for microwave access band applications in laptops/tablets

Pallavi Bartwal; Anil Kumar Gautam; Anil Kumar Singh; Binod Kumar Kanaujia; Karumudi Rambabu

Design of compact multi-band meander-line antenna for global positioning system/wireless local area network/worldwide interoperability for microwave access band applications in laptops/tablets

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Author(s): Pallavi Bartwal ¹ ; Anil Kumar Gautam ¹ ; Anil Kumar Singh ² ; Binod Kumar Kanaujia ³ ; Karumudi Rambabu ⁴
- Affiliations: 1: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, G. B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand-246 194, India ;
  2: Department of Electronics and Instrumentation, I. E. T., MJP Rohilkhand University, Barielly, India ;
  3: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication Technologies and Research, Geeta Colony, Delhi-110031, India ;
  4: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Source: Volume 10, Issue 15, 10 December 2016, p. 1618 – 1624
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2015.0777 , Print ISSN 1751-8725, Online ISSN 1751-8733

Received 05/12/2015, Accepted 01/06/2016, Revised 15/05/2016, Published 10/12/2016

In this study, a compact (15 mm × 12 mm) uniplanar multi-band antenna is proposed for laptops and tablets application with a near omni-directional coverage. The main structure of the antenna implements meander design for compactness and multi-band operation. A staircase-type arm and an F-shaped arm are added for achieving resonances at exact frequencies and for good impedance matching, respectively. The antenna is designed such that it operates in all the global positioning system/wireless local area network/worldwide interoperability for microwave access bands and is easy to fabricate and integrate inside laptops/tablets. A prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated, and its performance is validated for multi-band operation and omni-directional radiation.

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