A Tunable Microstrip Planar Antenna using Truncated Ground Plane for WiFi/LTE2500/WiMAX/5G/C, Ku, K-Band Wireless Applications M. F. Khan, S. Ullah*, W. U. Rahman, Lubna Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan. *corresponding authors: [email protected] Abstract – Reconfigurable antennas are key candidates for modern wireless communicating CORE Metadata,devices tocitation perform and multiple similar wirelesspapers at operations core.ac.uk on various frequencies. This paper is introducing a compact yet efficient design of frequency reconfigurable TX-Shaped monopole antenna with Provided by UniversitiA Teknikal Tunable Malaysia Microstrip Melaka: Planar UTeM Antenna Open using Journal Truncated System Ground Plane for WiFi/LTE2500/WiMAX/5G/C, Ku, K-Band Wireless Applications truncated ground plane. The substrate used is FR-4 having a height of 1.6mm. Optical reconfiguration technique enables proposed structure to tune to multiple resonant frequencies depending upon ON/OFF state of the switch. In switch ON state, antenna exhibit quad band characteristics in nature by operating at resonant frequencies ranging from (2282-2816MHz), A Tunable Microstrip Planar Antenna (4525using-5053MHz), Truncated (11946-1420 Ground3MHz) and (16200-19180MHz). While in switch OFF state, A Tunable Microstrip Planar Antenna proposedusing structureTruncated operates atGround triple bands having frequencies ranging from (2685MHz-3632MHz), Plane for WiFi/LTE2500/WiMAX/5G/C,(1198 Ku,5MHz K-1423-Band4MHz) andWireless (16014-1910 7MHz). VSWR is calculated less than 1.4 with efficiency Applications ranging from 52.5% to 82.6%, while gain of antenna is calculated ranging (1.62dB-3.53dB). Proposed tunable TX-Shaped structure is able to serve wireless services that includes Wi-Fi (2400- Applications 2480MHz), LTE2500 (2500-2690MHz), WIMAX (3300-3800MHz), FCC allocated mid band for 5G M. F. Khan, S. Ullah*, W. U. Rahman, Lubna M. F. Khan, S. Ullah*, W. U. Rahman(2500MHz/3500MHz), Lubna and Satellite Communication applications in IEEE bands that includes C- Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineeringband and(2000 Technology,-4000MHz) Peshawar,, Ku-band Pakistan (12000. -18000MHz) and K-band (18000MHz-27000MHz). 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