Wide-band E-shaped patch antennas for wireless communications

Author

Yang, Fan ; Zhang, Xue-Xia ; Ye, Xiaoning ; Rahmat-Samii, Yahya

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

49

Issue

7

fYear

2001

fDate

7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1094

Lastpage

1100

Abstract

This paper presents a novel single-patch wide-band microstrip antenna: the E-shaped patch antenna. Two parallel slots are incorporated into the patch of a microstrip antenna to expand it bandwidth. The wide-band mechanism is explored by investigating the behavior of the currents on the patch. The slot length, width, and position are optimized to achieve a wide bandwidth. The validity of the design concept is demonstrated by two examples with 21.2% and 32.3% bandwidths. Finally, a 30.3% E-shaped patch antenna, resonating at wireless communication frequencies of 1.9 and 2.4 GHz, is designed, fabricated and measured. The radiation pattern and directivity are also presented

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; directive antennas; microstrip antennas; slot antennas; 1.9 GHz; 2.4 GHz; E-shaped patch antennas; directivity; parallel slots; radiation pattern; resonant frequencies; single-patch wideband microstrip antenna; slot length optimization; slot position optimization; slot width optimization; wireless communications; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Frequency measurement; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Slot antennas; Wideband; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.933489

Filename

933489