Research Article

Planar Dual-Band Monopole Antenna with an Extended Ground Plane for WLAN Applications

Table 2

Performance comparison of the proposed antenna with other antennas in the literature.

ReferenceSize (mm)3Operating bands (GHz)Bandwidth (GHz) and fractional bandwidth (%)Average peak gain (dBi)

[1]30 × 30 × 0.83.4–7.624.22 () 4
[2]36 × 26 × 1.6 2.4–2.48 and 5.15–5.35 0.08 (3.3) and 0.2 (3.8) 3.6
[3]30 × 20 × 1.6 2.14–2.52, 2.82–3.74, and 5.15–6.02 0.38 (16.3), 0.92 (), and 0.87 (15.6) 2.46, 2.45, and 3
[4]30 × 18 × 1.6 2.39–2.69, 3.38–3.73, and 5.0–5.99 0.3 (11.8), 0.35 (9.8), and 0.99 () 2.52, 2.37, and 4.15
[5]37 × 20 × 0.508 2.4–2.65, 3.3–4.05, and 5–5.98 0.25 (9.9), 0.75 (20.4), and 0.98 (17.8) Not mentioned
[6]95 × 56 × 1.57 0.88–0.96, 1.22–1.26, and 1.56–2.7 0.08 (8.7), 0.04 (3.22), and 1.14 (53.5) 2.8, 3.1, and 3.2
[9]30 × 25 × 1.6 2.47–2.73, 3-4, and 4.88–6.12 0.26 (), 1 (28.6), and 1.24 (22.5) 3.7, 3.1, and 4.8
[10]50 × 35 × 1.6 2.05–2.86 and 5.55–6.14 0.81 () and 1.24 (22.5) 3.73 and 3.59
[11]34.5 × 18 × 1.6 2.35–2.49, 3.27–3.8, and 4.65–5.89 0.14 (5.8), 0.53 (), and 1.24 (23.5) 2.84, 2.28, and 4.29 (peak gains at center frequency)
[12]22 × 28 × 0.8 2.49–2.66, 3.41–3.73, and 4.73–5.93 0.17 (6.6), 0.32 (), and 1.2 (22.5) 3, 4.2, and 4.5 (peak gains at center frequency)
[14]50 × 35 × 1.6 0.86–0.98, 1.7–2.5, and 4.72–6.61 0.12 (), 0.8 (), and 1.9 (33.4) 1.13, 2.01, and 3.74
Proposed antenna25 × 10 × 1.6 2.22–2.55 and 4.8–6.50.33 (13.8) and 1.7 () 2.2