Title : 
Microstrip antenna design for UWB applications using finite ground plane approach
         
        
            Author : 
Padmavathy, A.P. ; Solaiyammal, M. ; Raghuvaran, C. ; Ganesh Madhan, M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Anna Univ., Chennai, India
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper reports the design of a Microstrip patch antenna for the first band of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) frequency range of 3.1-3.6 GHz. As the bandwidth requirement is around 500MHz, finite ground plane approach has been incorporated in the antenna design. The designed antenna provides a gain of 5.9dB which is observed to be a better compared to the conventional antennas designed for the specified frequency range. The maximum directivity achieved is 6.16dB and the radiation efficiency obtained is about 80%. The designed antenna is well suited for indoor applications where high data rate and quick transmission are important requirements.
         
        
            Keywords : 
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; ultra wideband communication; UWB applications; data rate; finite ground plane approach; frequency 3.1 GHz to 3.6 GHz; gain 5.9 dB; indoor applications; microstrip patch antenna; quick transmission; radiation efficiency; Antennas; Erbium; Resonant frequency; Substrates; Time-frequency analysis; Antenna Design; Microstrip patch antenna; Radiation Pattern; finite ground plane; ultra wide band;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Electronics and Communication Systems (ICECS), 2014 International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Coimbatore
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-2321-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ECS.2014.6892715