A wideband low profile H‐shaped microstrip patch antenna (MPA) with reallocated quadruple‐mode resonance is presented for indoor wireless communication application. In this paper, the TM20 (mode 1), TM02 (mode 2), TM22 (mode 3), and additionally notch mode 4 of the proposed MPA are simultaneously employed. First, the rectangular radiating patch is reshaped as an H‐shaped radiator so as to separate a pair of degenerate modes (mode 1 and mode 2). Then, a pair of linear notches is cut on the diagonal of the patch to excite an additional notch resonance (mode 4). Finally, in order to improve the frequency of mode 1, four shorting pins are placed at the four corners of the H‐shaped patch. Therefore, the bandwidth of the antenna is dramatically increased up by utilizing four resonant modes (modes 1, 2, 3, and 4). A prototype of H‐shaped patch antenna with notches and shorting pins is manufactured and measured. The results show that the antenna achieves a broad bandwidth of about 31.7% (2.31‐3.18 GHz), and its profile is only 0.036 wavelength of center frequency. It is particularly noticed that a relative high gain of around 9.8 dBi is successfully acquired, while keeping relative stable dual‐beam radiation patterns.

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