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Design and Fabrication of Flexible Antenna Using Foam Substrate for WiMAX Applications

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Micro-Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ((LNNS,volume 179))

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In present scenario, world interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) is gaining great momentum among broadband wireless technologies. Employing flexible antenna will enable high-performance of radio frequency transmission as well as cost effective for such wireless applications. In this work, a flexible antenna is designed, simulated, and fabricated using foam substrate material for world interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) band applications. The operating frequency is chosen as 3.5 GHz. The proposed antenna is bendable, wearable, low cost, and smaller in size, reduced reflection co-efficient, greater directivity, and wider bandwidth. The antenna is simulated using computer simulation technology software and is fabricated using vector network analyzer. The return loss value obtained in measurement is −24.95 dB which is in good agreement with simulated value of −34.6 dB. The gain and directivity obtained are 3.096 and 4.93 dBi, respectively. The radiation pattern obtained is omnidirectional. Thus, the designed antenna is compact enough with the dimensions of 50 × 36 × 2.2 mm3 to place inside any new technology wireless device. Since the directivity of the antenna under bending condition is 4.672 dBi, it can also be used for wearable applications.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ghaziabad, India

    Devendra Kumar Sharma

  2. Institute of Information Technology, Vietnam National University, Cay Giay, Vietnam

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  3. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ghaziabad, India

    Rohit Sharma

  4. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey

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Pandimadevi, M., Tamilselvi, R. (2021). Design and Fabrication of Flexible Antenna Using Foam Substrate for WiMAX Applications. In: Sharma, D.K., Son, L.H., Sharma, R., Cengiz, K. (eds) Micro-Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 179. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4687-1_19

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