Research Article

Printed Modified Bow-Tie Dipole Antenna for DVB/WLAN Applications

Table 1

The measured antenna gains within the operating bandwidth of the proposed antenna.

Frequency (MHz)H-plane (zx-plane)E-plane (yz-plane)3D pattern
Max. gainAvg. gainMax. gainEfficiency (%)

470−2.37−4.430.1951.22
6600.09−3.770.1356.56
8600.91−3.030.9458.71
24000.06−3.760.4366.45
24500.04−3.611.2765.52
25000.06−3.151.4368.72
51501.01−2.760.9369.71
55000.11−3.311.0471.23
58501.09−3.051.7670.52

Max.: maximum and Avg: average.