Dual-broadband multistandard printed slot antenna with a composite back-patch

Abstract

A square slot antenna fed by a coplanar waveguide for dual-band multistandard applications is presented. Printed on the back of the square slot is a composite patch formed by an annular metal ring inscribed by a circular patch. Appropriate design of the composite back-patch resulted in five resonant bands, the first (last) two of which were combined to form a lower (upper) operating band. The ratio of the two operating band centre frequencies can be tuned larger than 2.5. A pair of notches was embedded in the annular metal ring to further broaden the lower (upper) operating band up to a fractional bandwidth of 37% (20%). The measured results indicate that the proposed antenna can cover the frequency bands of the following wireless communication standards: digital communication system, personal communication services, universal mobile telecommunications system and 2.4/5-GHz wireless local-area networks.