Design and analysis of a compact size planar antenna for UWB applications

Author

Tammam, Emad ; Yoshitomi, Kuniaki ; Allam, Ahmed ; El-Sayed, Mohammed ; Pokharel, Ramesh ; Yoshida, Keiji

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr., Comm., & Comput. Eng., Egypt-Japan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Alexandria, Egypt

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

2811

Lastpage

2814

Abstract

In this paper, a small size ultrawideband (UWB) planar antenna is proposed. This antenna is a U-shaped monopole antenna which is fed using a microstrip line feeder. The size of the antenna has been miniaturized by optimizing the dimensions of the U-shaped radiator and the ground plane. The final size of the antenna after optimization of its dimensions is 12mm×18mm×1.6mm. The proposed antenna is simulated, fabricated, and its performance is tested while satisfactory performance is achieved. The comparison between the simulation and measurement results shows good agreement.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna testing; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; monopole antennas; optimisation; planar antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; U-shaped monopole antenna; U-shaped radiator dimension optimization; UWB applications; antenna performance testing; antenna size miniaturization; compact size planar antenna analysis; compact size planar antenna design; ground plane; microstrip line feeder; small size ultrawideband planar antenna; Antenna measurements; Cutoff frequency; Frequency measurement; RLC circuits; Resonant frequency; Ultra wideband antennas; Miniaturization; U-shaped monopole antenna; UWB planar antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206390

Filename

6206390