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Abstract

This paper presents a simple microstrip filtering-antenna with compact size for WLAN application. The T-shape resonator through an inset coupling structure can be treated as the admittance inverter and the equivalent circuit of the filtering-antenna is exactly the same as the bandpass filter prototype. With a little extra circuit area, the proposed filtering-antenna has almost twice wider bandwidth, good skirt selectivity and high suppression in the stopband compared to the conventional microstrip antenna.

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Dr. Shaoli Zuo

Dr. Wei-Jun Wu

Dr. Zhi-Ya Zhang