A triple-band unidirectional coplanar antenna for 2.4/3.5/5-GHz WLAN/WiMax applications

A triple-band unidirectional coplanar antenna is developed for WLAN/WiMax wireless applications. The triple-band planar antenna consists of a top-loaded dipole for the 2.4-GHz band, two longer dipoles for 3.5-GHz band, and 2 shorter dipoles for the 5-GHz band. The triple-band antenna is printed on a coplanar substrate. The antenna achieves a similar directional radiation pattern at all of the three frequency bands with gains of 7.5 dBi for the lowest band, 8.5 dBi for the middle band, and 9–10 dBi for the highest band.

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