A Novel Broadband Plate-Loaded Planar Monopole Antenna

Author

Mazinani, S. Maryam ; Hassani, Hamid Reza

Author_Institution

Electr. & Electron. Eng. Dept., Shahed Univ., Tehran, Iran

Volume

8

fYear

2009

fDate

7/1/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1123

Lastpage

1126

Abstract

A novel, low-profile, and broadband plate-loaded planar monopole (PLPM) antenna obtained through the application of transmission line modeling (TLM) is proposed. The antenna consists of a rectangular planar monopole (RPM) with small rectangular plates attached to its radiating edges. The addition of plates at edges increases the upper frequency range significantly. Simulation as well as experimental results on impedance bandwidth, radiation patterns, and gain are compared and discussed. The proposed antenna operates effectively over the frequency range 2.9-16.7 GHz. The antenna produces a good omnidirectional pattern over the bandwidth.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; microwave antennas; monopole antennas; planar antennas; transmission lines; antenna gain; antenna radiation pattern; broadband plate-loaded planar monopole antenna; frequency 2.9 GHz to 16.7 GHz; impedance bandwidth; omnidirectional pattern; rectangular planar monopole antenna; rectangular plates; transmission line modeling; Broadband antennas; planar monopole (PM); plate-loading; transmission line modeling (TLM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2009.2033952

Filename

5280345