Experimental Investigation of Novel Multifingered Antenna

A novel tri-band, multifingered antenna is proposed. With the integration of the electromagnetic bandgap as an impedance-matching element, a wider impedance bandwidth response is obtained. The proposed antenna is also noted to be smaller in size, as compared to the conventional microstripfed tri-band antenna. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 42: 206–208, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.20253