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A dual-band capacitive coupled planar inverted F antenna is presented. The antenna operates in two bands centered around 1.5 GHz and 2.4 GHz with nearly omnidirectional radiation pattern in the entire operating band. It offers a peak gain of 2.4 dBi at 1.5 GHz and 7 dBi at 2.4 GHz with an average efficiency of 82%, 97% respectively. Effects of key design parameters such as the distance between feed strip and radiator patch, the dimensions of the feed strip on the input characteristics of the antenna and length of slot have been investigated and discussed. The antenna is compact and simple to fabricate. The antenna posses an overall dimension of 10×40×6 mm³ when fabricated on substrate of dielectric constant 4.4 and thickness 1.6 mm.

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Dr. Puthiyapurayil Viswanathan Vinesh

Dr. Chakkanattu Nijas

Dr. Ramachandran Anitha

Dr. Rajan Vivek

Dr. Chandroth K. Aanandan

Professor Pezholil Mohanan

Professor Kesavath Vasudevan