%0 Journal Article
%T An Approach to Design and Optimization of WLAN Patch Antennas for Wi-Fi Applications
%A Deepak Sharma
%A Gagandeep Sharma
%A Abhishek Katariya
%J International Journal of Electronics, Computer and Communications Technologies
%D 2012
%I Universiti Tenaga Nasional
%X Microstrip patch antennas have been widely used in a various useful applications, due to their low weight and low profile, conformability, easy and cheap realization. In this paper, an attempt has been made to investigate new microstrip antenna structure for wi-fi systems. The aim of this work is to obtain an efficient and economical patch antenna for indoor and outdoor uses. At present, dipole antenna is used indoor the portable devices such as laptops, mobiles, smart phones etc. and helix antenna is used as outdoor antenna for routers, modems, switches etc. HFSS and MATLAB are used for the simulation and design calculations of the microstrip antennas. The return loss, VSWR, Directivity, gain, radiation pattern are evaluated. Using HFSS simulation software proposed antenna is designed/simulated and optimized. The effectiveness of the proposed designs is confirmed through proper simulation results. Further, after designing and optimization in simulation software, the proposed antenna is analyze for performance.
%K VSWR
%K Directivity
%K microstrip antennas
%K HFSS
%K routers
%K Wi-Fi.
%U http://ijecct.coe.edu.my/journal/index.php/ijecct/article/view/64