Implementation of a miniaturized planar tri-band microstrip patch antenna for wireless sensors in mobile applications Articles uri icon

authors

  • ELKORANY, AHMED SAAD
  • MOUSA, ALYAA NEHRU
  • SAROSH, AHMAD
  • SALEEB, DEMYANA ADEL
  • GHAFFAR, ADNAN
  • Soruri, Mohammad
  • DALARSSON, MARIANA
  • ALIBAKHSHIKENARI, MOHAMMAD
  • LIMITI, ERNESTO

publication date

  • January 2022

start page

  • 667

issue

  • 2

volume

  • 22

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1424-3210

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1424-8220

abstract

  • Antennas in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are characterized by the enhanced capacity of the network, longer range of transmission, better spatial reuse, and lower interference. In this paper, we propose a planar patch antenna for mobile communication applications operating at 1.8, 3.5, and 5.4 GHz. A planar microstrip patch antenna (MPA) consists of two F-shaped resonators that enable operations at 1.8 and 3.5 GHz while operation at 5.4 GHz is achieved when the patch is truncated from the middle. The proposed planar patch is printed on a low-cost FR-4 substrate that is 1.6 mm in thickness. The equivalent circuit model is also designed to validate the reflection coefficient of the proposed antenna with the S11 obtained from the circuit model. It contains three RLC (resistor–inductor–capacitor) circuits for generating three frequency bands for the proposed antenna. Thereby, we obtained a good agreement between simulation and measurement results. The proposed antenna has an elliptically shaped radiation pattern at 1.8 and 3.5 GHz, while the broadside directional pattern is obtained at the 5.4 GHz frequency band. At 1.8, 3.5, and 5.4 GHz, the simulated peak realized gains of 2.34, 5.2, and 1.42 dB are obtained and compared to the experimental peak realized gains of 2.22, 5.18, and 1.38 dB at same frequencies. The results indicate that the proposed planar patch antenna can be utilized for mobile applications such as digital communication systems (DCS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), and wireless local area networks (WLAN).

subjects

  • Telecommunications

keywords

  • triband antenna; wireless sensors; planar patch antenna; mobile applications; dcs; wlan; wimax