Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICUWB.2007.4380942
