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An hp-shape hexa-band antenna for multi-standard wireless communication systems

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This paper presents design of an hp-shaped reconfigurable antenna printed on a 1.6 mm thicker FR-4 substrate. The antenna works in four distinct modes frequency modes, contingent on the status of the two switches. Six resonant bands are obtained by the antenna, i.e. 1.8 GHz (GSM1800), 2.10 (3G LTE-advanced), 3.15 GHz (Radiolocation), 3.50 GHz (WiMAX), 3.88 GHz (Fixed satellite services) and 5.56 GHz (WLAN). The antenna gives optimum performance in terms of gain (1.84–3.22 dB), bandwidth (180–1020 MHz) and radiation efficiency (91–95%) in these six frequency bands. The antenna is properly matched in all these bands (VSWR < 1.5). The antenna is fabricated, tested and validated in the antenna measurement facility. Due to its compact size and multi-standard support, the proposed antenna can be used in portable and handheld devices.

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  1. Department of Telecommunication Engineering, UET Peshawar, Mardan, 23200, Pakistan

    Sadiq Ullah, Shaheen Ahmad & Burhan A. Khan

  2. Research Institute for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Studies (RIMMS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

    Farooq A. Tahir

  3. School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK

    James A. Flint

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Ullah, S., Ahmad, S., Khan, B.A. et al. An hp-shape hexa-band antenna for multi-standard wireless communication systems. Wireless Netw 25, 1361–1369 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-018-1760-x

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