A modified planar monopole antenna for UWB applications

Author

Zehforoosh, Yashar ; Sadegzadeh, Ramazanali ; Mirmotahhary, Navid

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Islamic Azad Univ., Urmia, Iran

fYear

2011

fDate

20-23 March 2011

Firstpage

163

Lastpage

166

Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel design of printed monopole antenna for UWB applications. The radiating element of the proposed antenna is composed of an octagonal patch fed by a 50 ohm microstrip. It has a very compact size of 20mm×12mm, which can be integrated easily with other RF front-end circuits. The antenna parameters and performances have been investigated through a large amount of EM simulations. It has been demonstrated that the proposed antenna provides an ultra wide bandwidth from 2.95 GHz to 13.35 GHz, completely covering the range set by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) for UWB operations (3.1GHz to 10.6GHz). It also enjoys advantages such as low profile, low cost, high gain and satisfactory radiation characteristics.

Keywords

antenna accessories; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; planar antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; UWB applications; antenna parameters; frequency 2.95 GHz to 13.35 GHz; modified planar monopole antenna; octagonal patch; printed monopole antenna; radiating element; resistance 50 ohm; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Microstrip antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; UWB; monopole; planar antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers & Informatics (ISCI), 2011 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-689-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCI.2011.5958903

Filename

5958903