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Abstract

A metamaterial-inspired antenna is proposed that utilizes an artificial mu-negative (MNG) transmission line (TL) to incorporate the zeroth-order resonance (ZOR) into Wi-Fi 7 operation in the 2.4/5/6 GHz wireless local area network (WLAN) bands. The antenna comprises a meta-structured loop with periodically loaded series interdigital capacitors and a parasitic shorted strip, all formed on the same substrate layer in a coplanar structure. The 2.4 and 6 GHz bands are produced by the parasitic strip and the close-form loop strip, respectively, which are of typical right-handed antennas. The 5 GHz band caused by the ZOR mode, where the permeability is zero, can be adjusted by the series capacitance in the unit cell. The total antenna size is 5.4 mm × 19.6 mm only. In this work, the design applied to notebook computers for the upcoming Wi-Fi 7 operation is also demonstrated. Both numerical and experimental results validate our proof-of-concept design.

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Dr. Saou-Wen Su

Dr. Muhammad Idrees Magray