Wideband omnidirectional square-cylindrical monopole antenna

Abstract

This paper presents a novel square-cylindrical monopole antenna fabricated using a single metal plate. A prototype of the proposed antenna with a cross-sectional area of 10 × 10 mm2 and a length of 30 mm is implemented, and the measured results indicate that the antenna can provide good omnidirectional radiation over a wide frequency band covering 2 to 11 GHz, thus making it very promising for IEEE 802.16a operation. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 45: 419–421, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.20841