A dual-band CP dual-orthogonal arms monopole antenna with slanting edge DGS for C-band wireless applications

This communication describes a novel design of circularly-polarized (CP) monopole antenna for dual-band performance. The proposed design offers an impedance bandwidth (IBW) of 3.7 GHz in the frequency range 2.9-6.6 GHz in the lower band and 1 GHz (7.7-8.7 GHz) in the upper band. Proposed antenna has a wide CP (3 dB axial-ratio) bandwidth of 2.42 GHz (46.6%) in lower band (4.08-6.5 GHz) and 300 MHz in upper frequency band (8.1-8.4 GHz). The CP bandwidth is achieved through dual orthogonal arms and slanting edge defected ground structure (DGS). Proposed antenna is suitable for the C-Band wireless applications including WLAN, Wi-MAX communication systems.