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A novel microstrip antenna loaded with EBG and ELC for bandwidth enhancement

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This paper proposes the design of three compact antennas for WiMAX, WLAN and ISM band applications. Antenna 1 consists of a monopole radiating element with an electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structured ground. By employing the EBG structure, an ultra-wide band frequency of 2.4–4.8 GHz (66.66%) is achieved. Antenna 2 is configured with an electric-LC (ELC) element, which achieved an ultra-wide band (UWB) frequency of 2.38–4.91 GHz (69.41%). Antenna 3 is integrated with ELC and EBG together, in which a UWB frequency of 2.3–5.3 GHz (78.94%) is obtained with improved impedance matching. The three antennas have omnidirectional radiation patterns which cover the ISM band at 2.4 GHz and WiMAX at 2.5/3.5 GHz over the operating bands. The radiation efficiency is > 75% throughout the operating bands of all the antennas. In addition to the WiMAX and ISM bands, antenna 3 covers WLAN in the 5.2 GHz band. The proposed design can be applied to wireless mobile communication systems, which have the advantage of ease of fabrication and compactness.

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    Mekala Harinath Reddy

  2. Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, India

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  3. Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia

    Abhay Sharma & J. J. Tiang

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Reddy, M.H., Sheela, D., Sharma, A. et al. A novel microstrip antenna loaded with EBG and ELC for bandwidth enhancement. Analog Integr Circ Sig Process 109, 115–126 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-021-01935-7

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