Dual-band Patch Antenna for Next Generation Indoor Access Point Receiver

Abstract

The access points used for indoor applications with WLAN and WiFi uses 2.45 GHz band nowadays. In the next generation wireless communication, it is proposed to use sub-6 GHz band also for indoor radio coverage. It requires upgraded hardware and coverage. This project work proposes a design of dual band microstrip patch antenna to use this band and also the existing band for radio communication at indoors. The objective of this project is to design a dual band antenna for indoor access point (AP) receiver. The proposed antenna design works in the frequency range of 1–3 GHz and 5–7 GHz with one narrow band frequency and another a wide band frequency. The antenna is designed and the simulation results shows that it is resonating at 2.6 GHz, 3.24 GHz, 5.42 GHz and 6.7 GHz.