Design and Analysis of Printed Yagi-Uda Antenna and Two-Element Array for WLAN Applications

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</svg>)</td><td align="center">4.4</td><td align="center">4.5</td><td align="center">5.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Measured</td><td align="center">4.5</td><td align="center">4.8</td><td align="center">6.8</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

The simulated and experimental results of the printed Yagi-Uda antenna unit gain.

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Table 1: Design and Analysis of Printed Yagi-Uda Antenna and Two-Element Array for WLAN Applications 