A simple thin antenna with an enhanced gain for MB-OFDM UWB systems

Author

Ranga, Y. ; Esselle, Karu P. ; Weily, Andrew R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2010

fDate

13-15 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A simple low-profile antenna with an enhanced gain is proposed for multiband orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (MB-OFDM) ultra wide band (UWB) systems. Using proximity coupling along the surface we demonstrate a technique to enhance the gain at lower UWB frequencies. The antenna is realized as a conventional CPW-fed printed disc monopole with unconventional metallic patches on the top of the substrate. With these metallic patches the antenna gain is improved especially at lower frequencies in the FCC UWB band, making it more suitable for MB-OFDM systems. Theoretical input reflection coefficient, antenna gain and radiation patterns are presented along with a complete parametric study of the proposed antenna.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; CPW-fed printed disc monopole; MB-OFDM UWB systems; antenna gain; enhanced gain; low-profile antenna; metallic patches; multiband orthogonal frequency-division multiplex systems; proximity coupling; thin antenna; Bandwidth; Gain; Impedance; Microwave antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Monopole; OFDM; Printed Antenna; UWB; component; gain; low profile; thin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS), 2010 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Gold Coast, QLD

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7908-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7906-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSPCS.2010.5709723

Filename

5709723