Title : 
UWB planar bulbous dipole antennas
         
        
            Author : 
Schantz, Hans Gregory ; Beeler, William ; Dickson, David
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Time Domain Corp., Huntsville, AL, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents experimental results for a variety of planar bulbous UWB antennas including elliptical and ovoid shapes. This paper further considers the shapes and assesses which shapes yield the best combination of size and performance.
         
        
            Keywords : 
antenna radiation patterns; dipole antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; ultra wideband antennas; dipole antennas; elliptical antennas; ovoid antennas; planar bulbous UWB antennas; Bandwidth; Dipole antennas; History; Planar arrays; Radio frequency; Road transportation; Shape; Solids; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-8883-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/APS.2005.1551848