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ADVANCED ELECTROMAGNETICS, VOL. 5, NO. 2, AUGUST 2016
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Figure 2a. Side view of the proposed antenna
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Table 1. The optimized geometrical parameters of proposed antenna
Parameter G S W d P g1=g2=g3=g4 H h L x a
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Figure 3. The simulated and measured differential return loss, Sdd11
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Figure 6. Simulated and measured E-plane and H-plane radiation patterns at: a-1GHz, b-1.5GHz,
c- 2GHz, d-2.5GHz
Table 2
Reference Frequency Material Impedance Simulated Antenna
No. Range (GHz) Used for Bandwidth(%) Gain (dBi) Circuitary
Feed Design
[11] 2.95-10.73 Duroid 5870 114 8.21.0 Complex
[12] 0.80-2.16 Copper 92 7.7 Simple
Proposed 0.5-2.5 Copper 133 7.5 Simple
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