Title :
Investigation on microstrip-fed modified elliptical monopole antenna for UWB communications
Author :
Kimouche, Hocine ; Abed, Djamel ; Atrouz, Brahim
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Microwaves & Radar, Ecole Militaire Polytech. (EMP), Bordj El Bahri
Abstract :
This paper, presents an optimized design for a novel printed modified elliptical monopole (PMEM) antenna. The proposed antenna covers the band 3.1 to 10.6 GHz, which has approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a commercial band for impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) communications. A parametric study of the proposed antenna was carried out in order to optimize the main parameters. The PMEM antenna has a measured fractional bandwidth of 115.3%.
Keywords :
microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; monopole antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; Federal Communications Commission; UWB communications; antenna bandwidth; frequency 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz; impulse radio ultra-wideband communications; microstrip-fed modified elliptical monopole antenna; Bandwidth; FCC; Feeds; Frequency; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Parametric study; Radar antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4753-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-00-024573-2
