Research Article
Compact, Slotted, Printed Antennas for Dual-Band Communication in Future Wireless Sensor Networks
Table 4
Comparison of electrical performance between the four dual-band printed IFAs in each frequency band.
| ā | K2 | GK2 | D-GK2 | MK2 |
| Band (GHz) | 2-3 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 5-6 |
| (GHz) | 2.530 | 5.310 | 2.500 | 5.410 | 2.500 | 5.410 | 2.450 | 5.450 | (GHz) | 0.231 | 0.598 | 0.182 | 1.000 | 0.191 | 1.050 | 0.182 | 0.950 | | 0.091 | 0.113 | 0.073 | 0.185 | 0.076 | 0.193 | 0.074 | 0.174 | | 7.3 | 5.9 | 9.1 | 3.6 | 8.7 | 3.4 | 9.0 | 3.8 | (rad) | 1.60 | 3.35 | 1.56 | 3.38 | 1.57 | 3.41 | 1.50 | 3.20 | (dBi) | 2.0 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 | | 0.94 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.97 | | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 0.84 |
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