Dipole antenna with folded branch lines for wireless local area network dual band and phase reversal operation

A dipole antenna with folded branch lines with dimensions of 45.16 × 9 × 0.6 mm³ is proposed.The folded branch lines are used for the wireless local area network dual band and phase reversal operations of the antenna. The experimental results indicate that the achieved voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) 2:1 impedance bandwidths were 313 MHz (2.29–2.603 GHz) and 371 MHz (5.639–6.01 GHz). The measured maximum gains in each operation band were 2.96 and 4.47 dBi, respectively. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 53:2449–2451, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26359