Title :
Design and Optimization of Compact Balanced Antipodal Staircase Bow-Tie Antenna
Author :
Dadgarpour, Abdolmehdi ; Dadashzadeh, Gholamreza ; Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad ; Jolani, Farid
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Islamic Azad Univ., Tehran, Iran
fDate :
7/1/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A compact planar balanced antipodal bow-tie antenna with a staircase shape and size of 26 times 26 times 1.6 mm3 is presented. The antenna is optimized for operation across the entire ultrawideband (UWB) from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz by combining finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) code and particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. The proposed antenna has reflection coefficient below -10 dB through the entire band frequency, low cross-polarization level, and reasonable gain values over the same frequency band.
Keywords :
bow-tie antennas; electromagnetic wave polarisation; finite difference time-domain analysis; particle swarm optimisation; planar antennas; ultra wideband antennas; FDTD code; PSO algorithm; UWB antenna; compact planar balanced antipodal staircase bow-tie antenna; cross-polarization level; finite-difference time-domain code; frequency 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz; particle swarm optimization; ultrawideband antenna; Balanced antipodal bow-tie antenna; finite-difference time domain (FDTD); particle swarm optimization (PSO); ultrawideband (UWB);
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2009.2034282
