Im trying to find a reference planar antenna design. The goal would be to design an antenna that radiates omnidirectionally on the pcb plane.
One solution would be to use an electrically small loop antenna. However, it might not radiate efficiently enough.
Can you recommend any other designs that would achieve a radiation pattern that is on the same plane as the planar antenna.
BR, Mikey
Best Answer
At 2.44GHz, a patch antenna could suit your needs.
See for example this one: http://esatjournals.net/ijret/2014v03/i05/IJRET20140305001.pdf
Or if the omnidirectionality spec. is not that strict, an inverted-F antenna is commonly used: http://www.ti.com/lit/an/swra117d/swra117d.pdf
Edit: In case I misread, and you don't mean normal to the pcb plane: Just run a dipole antenna along the edge of the PCB without any metal next to it ;)