Title : 
Broadband slot antenna with a fan-shaped microstrip feed
         
        
            Author : 
Yao, Feng-Wei ; Zhong, Shun-Shi
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Commun. & Inf. Eng., Shanghai Univ., China
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A novel slot antenna with a large bandwidth and small size is introduced, which is fed by a fan-shaped microstrip feed with a straight stub. The effect of the fan feed on the impedance characteristics is investigated theoretically and experimentally. Good agreement between theoretical results and experimental ones is obtained. Its measured VSWR ≤ 2 bandwidth reaches approximately 114%, covering 1.55 GHz - 5.66 GHz . The measured standing-wave ratio curves and radiation patterns of the antenna at f = 2 GHz and at f = 5 GHz both are presented.
         
        
            Keywords : 
UHF antennas; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; microstrip antennas; slot antennas; 1.55 to 5.66 GHz; broadband slot antenna; fan-shaped microstrip feed; impedance characteristics; radiation patterns; standing-wave ratio curves; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Resonance; Slot antennas; broadband; microstrip; slot antenna;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications, 2005. MAPE 2005. IEEE International Symposium on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-9128-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MAPE.2005.1617864