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Abstract

A triple-band omni-directional antenna which comprises three pairs of dipoles placed back to back and printed on a dielectric substrate is presented. A prototype is constructed and tested. The experimental results show that the 10 dB return loss bandwidth (VSWR < 2.0) in 2.4 GHz, 5.2 GHz and 5.8 GHz reaches as much as 130 MHz, 500MHz and 200 MHz, respectively. Moreover, the radiation patterns are almost omni-directional in the azimuthal plane. Peak antenna gain is 1.63 dBi, 2.36 dBi and 1.54 dBi, which indicate that the proposed antenna can be used as a triple-band antenna for the WLAN application.

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Dr. Ya-Jie Wu

Dr. Bao-Hua Sun

Dr. Jian-Feng Li

Professor Qi-Zhong Liu