A novel dual ultrawideband CPW-fed printed antenna for Internet of Things (IoT) applications

Awais, Q., Chattha, H. T., Jamil, M., Jin, Y., Tahir, F. A. and Ur Rehman, M. (2018) A novel dual ultrawideband CPW-fed printed antenna for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2018, 2179571. (doi: 10.1155/2018/2179571)

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Abstract

This paper presents a dual-band coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed printed antenna with rectangular shape design blocks having ultrawideband characteristics, proposed and implemented on an FR4 substrate. The size of the proposed antenna is just 25 mm × 35 mm. A novel rounded corners technique is used to enhance not only the impedance bandwidth but also the gain of the antenna. The proposed antenna design covers two ultrawide bands which include 1.1–2.7 GHz and 3.15–3.65 GHz, thus covering 2.4 GHz Bluetooth/Wi-Fi band and most of the bands of 3G, 4G, and a future expected 5G band, that is, 3.4–3.6 GHz. Being a very low-profile antenna makes it very suitable for the future 5G Internet of Things (IoT) portable applications. A step-by-step design process is carried out to obtain an optimized design for good impedance matching in the two bands. The current densities and the reflection coefficients at different stages of the design process are plotted and discussed to get a good insight into the final proposed antenna design. This antenna exhibits stable radiation patterns on both planes, having low cross polarization and low back lobes with a maximum gain of 8.9 dB. The measurements are found to be in good accordance with the simulated results.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Ur Rehman, Dr Masood
Authors: Awais, Q., Chattha, H. T., Jamil, M., Jin, Y., Tahir, F. A., and Ur Rehman, M.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
Journal Name:Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
Publisher:Hindawi
ISSN:1530-8669
ISSN (Online):1530-8677
Published Online:28 March 2018
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2018 Qasim Awais et al.
First Published:First published in Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 2018:2179571
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons license

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