Research Article

A Defected Structure Shaped CPW-Fed Wideband Microstrip Antenna for Wireless Applications

Table 2

Comparison between the proposed antenna and some existing wideband microstrip antenna.

ReferenceAntenna typeOverall dimension (mm3)Frequency range (GHz)Fract. bandwidth (%)Maximum gain (dBi)Relative dielectric constant, Application

[1]Wideband60 × 30 × 1.61.2–4.51422.24.4General
[17]UWB29 × 31 × 1.63.0–10.61115.54.4UWB
[18]Wideband30 × 31 × 1.63.8–5.5Not given10.84.4WLAN and WiMAX
[19]Dual band30 × 30 × 1.581.86–1.97, 3.0–12.052, 12054.4PCS and UWB
[20]Wideband38 × 25 × 1.62.4–6.086.712.854.4WLAN,
WiMAX
Proposed
antenna
Wideband25 × 25 × 1.62.96–7.95 91.477.34.4S and C band