Triband Compact Printed Antenna for 2.4/3.5/5 GHz WLAN/WiMAX Applications

Table 1

Comparison between the existing WLAN/WiMAX antennas and the proposed triband antenna.

Reference	Antenna size (mm)	WLAN (GHz)	WiMAX (GHz)
[6]	60 × 60 × 11.58	2.4	2.5/3.5
[7]	33 × 36.4 × 0.508	1.8/2.45/5.2	3.5
[8]	40 × 40 × 1.6	5.2/5.8	2.3/3.3/5.5
[9]	30 × 34 × 0.76	2.4/5.2	3.5
[10]	40 × 30 × 0.79	2.4/5.8	2.5/5.5
[11]	50 × 50 × 1.6	2.1	3.5/5.5
[12]	35 × 45 × 1.5	2.4/5.8	2.3/3.5/5.5
[13]	80 × 65 × 0.78	2.4	2.5/3.5
[14]	40 × 40 × 0.764	5.8	3.5
[15]	30 × 20 × 0.8	2.45/5.7	3.5
[16]	50 × 45 × 1.6	2.4/5.8	3.5
[17]	59 × 31 × 0.1	2.4	3.5
[18]	45 × 50 × 1	2.4	3.5/5.5
[19]	70 × 44 × 1.6	2.4/5.8	2.5/5.5
[20]	35 × 38 × 1	5.8	1.8/3.5
[21]	29.6 × 14.8 × 1.5	2.4	2.5/3.5
[22]	30 × 40 × 0.8	5.2/5.8	2.3/3.5/5.5
[23]	50 × 50 × 1.6	5.2/5.8	3.5
[24]	80 × 60 × 0.2	2.4/3.65	2.3/2.5/3.5
[25]	35 × 25 × 1	2.4/5.2/5.8	3.5/5.5
[26]	96 × 73 × 14	2.4/5.2/5.8	2.5/3.5
[27]	24 × 27 × 1.6	2.4/5.2/5.8	3.5
[28]	22 × 29 × 0.508	2.4/5.2/5.8	3.5
[29]	35 × 19 × 1.6	2.4/5.2/5.8	3.5/5.5
[30]	29 × 21 × 1.6	2.4/5.2/5.8	3.5/5.5
[31]	50 × 50 × 1	2.4/5.2/5.8	3.5/5.5
Proposed	17 × 23.5 × 1.6	2.4/5.2/5.8	3.5/5.5