Research Article

Design and Implementation of a Multiband Metamaterial-Loaded Reconfigurable Antenna for Wireless Applications

Table 4

Comparison of the proposed antenna with other published relevant structures on the basis of various antenna characteristics.

[Ref.]YearElectrical length (at the lowest resonant frequency, GHz)Fractional bandwidth (%)Gain (dBi)Efficiency (%)Operating bands/modesWireless applications/standards (GHz)Frequency reconfigurability (PIN diode) approach implemented

[12]20130.32λ × 0.18λ × 0.006λ (1.8 GHz)47.27/38.88−0.56/−0.6289.2/98.12GPS/WLAN (1.5/2.4)No
[7]20140.32λ × 0.32λ × 0.0128λ (2.4 GHz)34.48/18.28/19.963.97/4.04/3.253WLAN/WiMAX (2.4/3.5/5.8)No
[5]20150.289λ × 0.227λ × 0.0041λ (1.55 GHz)5.56/5.86/19.34/13.691.3/2.3/3.5/4.476.8/80.1/96.6/85.54GPS/WLAN/WiMAX (1.5/2.4/3.5/5.4)No
[13]20160.26λ × 0.26λ × 0.0084λ (1.6 GHz)20.73/15.02/31.961.64/2.07/4.0666.2/77.15/87.63GPS/WLAN (1.9/2.4/5)No
[14]20170.134λ × 0.158λ × 0.0112λ (2.1 GHz)2.4/3.2/12.11.36/1.57/1.833UMTS/WiMAX/WLAN (2.1/3.45/5.43)No
[15]20180.267λ × 0.3167λ × 0.0133λ (2.5 GHz)8/6/5/69.33.8 (avg. gain)89% (avg. rad. eff.)4WLAN/WiMAX/ITU/X-band (2.4/3.35/5.8/7.5)No
[9]20180.3387λ × 0.3387λ × 0.0133λ (2.54 GHz)15.1/3.45/12.59/3.33/3.25/5.4/16.583.48/3.02/4.49/4.25/3.59/3.81/57WLAN/WiMAX/PAN/OFDM (2.54/3.48/4.02/4.34/5.1/5.54/6.24)No
[26]20180.33λ × 0.27λ × 0.01λ (3.3 GHz)3.5/5.01/13.2/5.771.35/1/1.07/1.754WiMAX/X-band (3.1/5.52/7.31/9.72)No
[28]20190.4884λ × 0.4329λ × 0.0178λ (3.33 GHz)5.11/7.33/11.70/6.38/12.03/5.622.72/3.81/2.12/2.78/3.68/4.1041.2/84.7/52.8/69.7/78.8/76.96WLAN/WiMAX/C/X/Ku-band (3.3/5.0/5.8/6.6/9.9/15.9)Yes
[25]20190.260λ × 0.253λ × 0.0059λ (2.23 GHz)11.81/4.27/4.29/6.62/3.27/4.22/8.131.94/2.2/1.66/3.87/3.65/4.06/4.1441.5/48.6/58.1/60.1/84.4/78.7/82.17WLAN/WiMAX/C/X/Ku-band (2.4/3/3.5/5/5.8/11.8/13.1)No
[37]20200.34λ × 0.26λ × 0.0187λ (3.5 GHz)28.48/11.32/41.33/26.82/6.76/8.50/11.791.98/2.38/2.62/3.91/2.24/3.28/4.1151.25/54.28/59.69/67.82/72.34/79.92/81.647S-band WiMAX/Lower C-band/C-band WLAN/Lower X-band/upper X-band/lower Ku-band/middle Ku-band (3.5/4.41/5.8/8.26/10.48/13.35/14.42)Yes
[38]20200.239λ × 0.351λ × 0.0127λ (2.39 GHz)8.80/38.78/15.54/35.452.63/2.58/2.82/2.9933.5/38.8/84.4/72.84WLAN/WiMAX/WAVE/C/X-band (2.4/3.5/5.8/7.9)No
[39]20200.321λ × 0.321λ × 0.021λ (3.85 GHz)7.7/6.51/6.49/8.61/4.942/2.9/2.5/4.42/3.015IoT/WLAN/Wi-Max/C-band (3.82/4.11/4.48/4.90/6.04)Yes
[40]20210.288λ × 0.256λ × 0.0128λ (2.4 GHz)84/85.32/35.45/10.79/15.825LTE 2300/LTE 2500/Bluetooth/WLAN/WiMAX/ITU-band (2.4/4.8/7.8/11.7/16.5)No
[41]20210.4λ × 0.4λ × 0.0064λ (2.4 GHz)16.17/17.85/48.305.42/6.52/7.673Wi-Fi/WLAN/X-band (2.4/5.8/9.98)No
Proposed antenna0.256λ × 0.176λ × 0.0128λ (2.4 GHz)18.60/16.49/6.47/10.79/20.43/4.66/10.16/8.672.31/2.67/2.98/2.49/3.84/2.29/3.61/4.2368.24/62.43/79.84/78.91/81.02/61.12/78.84/81.788IoT application—S-band WLAN, WiFi, bluetooth, Z-wave, wireless HART, WBAN/IoT application—lower C-band, WAIC, avionic satellite communication transmission application/C-band WLAN, IEEE 802.11a/lower X-band, Earth exploration-satellite service ITU region 2/upper X-band, amateur radio satellite operating band/lower Ku-band, direct broadcast satellite system/upper Ku-band, terrestrial microwave communication system service/ower K–band, and radar communication application) (2.4/4.3/5.8/8.5/11.1/13.9/16.1/18.9)Yes