Directional Antenna with Consistent H-Plane Dual-Band Beamwidth for Wi-Fi Applications
Abstract
A Wi-Fi dual-band directional antenna is presented herein. The proposed antenna consists of a bent ground-backed slot-loop structure to form a directional antenna. The aperture of the antenna element and the offset from the ground plane have opposing functional variation for the beamwidth adjustment. By utilizing both factors, a consistent Wi-Fi dual-band beamwidth is achieved. The antenna has high radiation efficiency over both bands. The proposed antenna achieves H-plane dual-band beamwidth consistency, which varies within 5° over the two bands. The gain is 9 and 9.5 dBi, respectively, in the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, and a stable H-plane beamwidth of 66°-71° over the operating bands is achieved. The proposed antenna can be used for the sectorized Wi-Fi access point application or as an element to form an array.
Recommended Citation
L. Chi et al., "Directional Antenna with Consistent H-Plane Dual-Band Beamwidth for Wi-Fi Applications," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 4495 - 4505, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Jul 2019.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2019.2911589
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Laboratory
Keywords and Phrases
Beamwidth; Dual-Band Antenna; Intermediate Value Theorem; Wi-Fi Antenna
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0018-926X
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2019 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jul 2019
Comments
This work was supported in part by the Chinese Ministry of Education–China Mobile Research Foundation under Grant MCM 20150101 and in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61671203.