Coplanar waveguide fed wide band modified rectangular slot antenna for UWB applications

Author

Mukherjee, Bhupesh ; Mandal, Bappaditya ; Parui, Susanta Kr ; Das, Santanu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun. Eng., Bengal Eng. & Sci. Univ., Howrah, India

fYear

2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

In this paper, a Co-planar waveguide (CPW) fed wide bandwidth slot antenna is proposed for UWB applications. The antenna consists of a rectangular slot modified at both side of the CPW feed forming two symmetrical step like ground structure. The proposed antenna structure is simulated by using Finite element Method based ANSOFT HFSS electromagnetic simulation software and characterized by return loss, radiation pattern and gain response. The proposed antenna exhibits an impedance bandwidth from 3.46 GHz to 10.48 GHz that gives a fractional bandwidth of 101% with return loss less than or equal to 10 dB (VSWR≤ 2). The maximum available gain is 4.5dBi in the broad side direction.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; coplanar waveguides; finite element analysis; rectangular waveguides; slot antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ANSOFT HFSS electromagnetic simulation software; CPW fed wide band modified rectangular slot antenna; UWB application; antenna radiation pattern; bandwidth 3.46 GHz to 10.48 GHz; broad side direction; coplanar waveguide; finite element method; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Coplanar waveguides; Feeds; Impedance matching; Slot antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; CPW fed antenna; Printed antenna; Slot antenna; Ultra wide bandwidth;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Bhubaneswar

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3266-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AEMC.2013.7045025

Filename

7045025