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In 30th. European Microwave Conference, 2000, Paris, France, pp.1-4. Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/EUMA.2000.338815 Available from http://0-ieeexplore.ieee.org.ditlib.dit.ie/search/srchabstract.jsp?arnumber=4139828&isnumber=4139653&punumber=4139652&k2dockey=4139828@ieeecnfs&query=((dublin+institute+of+technology)%3Cin%3Emetadata)&pos=9&access=no

Abstract

The use of a single antenna which can cover a wide range of frequencies is a desirable feature for future wireless communications systems. The emerging self-organising and ad-hoc networks require more than an octave of bandwidth to facilitate multiband operation. A shorted planar monopole antenna is optimised for future wireless networking bands by suitable choice of planar dimension and feedgap separation. The antenna offers a return-loss greater than 10 dB from 1.60 GHz to 5.90 GHz. The radiation pattern is shown to be quasi-omnidirectional within the 10 dB return-loss bandwidth. Antenna properties are compared with the simple planar monopole.