A compact dual-band circular monopole antenna with partial ground plane for 2.45/5.5 GHz WLAN applications

In this paper, a compact dual-band antenna for 2.45/5.5 GHz WLAN applications is presented. Geometry of a presented antenna consists of a circular-slot printed on a circular monopole with a partial ground plane, operated at 2.45 GHz and 5.5 GHz bands, respectively. It is constructed by using FR-4 substrates with ϵr of 43 and 0.035 mm copper layer thickness. This antenna is compact with a size of 70 mm×80 mm×1.6 mm, and it is capable to easily integrate with other circuits. It is shown that this proposed antenna wholly covers the required bandwidths ranging from 2.4-2.485 GHz and 5.15-5.825 GHz with desirable radiation characteristics and magnitude of S11 better than -10dB. To verify the simulation, an antenna prototype was made up and measured. Obviously, the simulation results are in well acceptance with the measured one.