A SMALL-SIZE PENTABAND HAND- SHAPED COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE-FED MONOPOLE ANTENNA

A novel small-size simple structure pentaband coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed monopole antenna is presented. The antenna configuration is composed of several narrow strips that are connected to a 50-ohm CPW feed line. The length of each strip, which acting as resonance path, is λg/4 at operating frequencies. The antenna is designed to operate over the worldwide interoperability for microwave access and wireless local area networks frequency bands of 2.4, 3.3, 3.7, 5.2, and 5.8 GHz. It was found that the results of simulation and measurement agree well over each separated frequency bands. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26025