A compact asymmetric coplanar strip fed antenna with modified ground plane for WLAN applicaion

Abstract

An asymmetric coplanar strip fed monopole antenna with modified ground plane for WLAN applications is presented. The proposed antenna operating at 5.2GHz covering IEEE802.11WLAN/RFID. The characteristic performance of the antenna is due to the meandered current paths excited in the radiating structure. The proposed design has an overall dimension of only 35×7.35mm2 printed on a dielectric substrate of dielectric constant 4.4. The planar design, simple feeding and compact design make it easy for the integration of the antenna into printed circuit boards. Details of the design of the antenna results of simulation are presented and discussed.