Title :
A miniaturized directional UWB antenna
Author :
Qing, Xianming ; Chen, Zhi Ning
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
This paper presents a miniaturized directional antenna design for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications. The design is based on a monopole-like slot structure printed on an FR4 printed circuit board (PCB) backed by a cavity in order to achieve directionality. The antenna is with an overall size of 26 mm × 29 mm × 18 mm, achieving the impedance matching bandwidth of 10.5 GHz (2.26-12.76 GHz) for VSWR ≤ 2. The measured gain is -3.4 dBi to 4.5 dBi over the UWB band ranging from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz.
Keywords :
directive antennas; impedance matching; printed circuits; ultra wideband antennas; FR4 printed circuit board; frequency 2.26 GHz to 12.76 GHz; impedance matching; miniaturized directional UWB antenna; monopole like slot structure; ultrawideband application; Antenna measurements; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Extraterrestrial measurements; Slot antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Minaturized antenna; UWB; antenna; directional antenna; ultra-wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9562-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2011.5996572
