A Flexible UWB Antenna Attachable to Various Kinds of Materials

Author

Yoon, Hyung Kuk ; Kang, Woo Suk ; Yoon, Young Joong ; Lee, Cheon-Hee

Author_Institution

Yonsei Univ., Seoul

fYear

2007

fDate

24-26 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

204

Lastpage

209

Abstract

A flexible monopole antenna fabricated on PET film for UWB systems is proposed and the effects of the various kinds of the attached materials is analyzed. The proposed antenna has good performance over the entire UWB bandwidth, and it can be mounted on various kinds of conformal materials meeting the UWB bandwidth by using the stepped CPW feed line and the beveled ground plane. From the results, it is observed that the proposed antenna has the similar radiation patterns and the return loss in comparison with the planar type monopole antenna, when it is rolled.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; coplanar waveguides; monopole antennas; planar antennas; ultra wideband antennas; PET film; beveled ground plane; conformal materials; flexible UWB antenna; planar type monopole antenna; radiation patterns; return loss; stepped CPW feed line; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Coplanar waveguides; Dielectric constant; Feeds; Impedance matching; Plastics; Positron emission tomography; Shape; Ultra wideband antennas; UWB; antenna; flexible; monopole;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband, 2007. ICUWB 2007. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0521-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0521-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2007.4380942

Filename

4380942