Title :
Design of a fork-tuned antenna for ultra-wideband (UWB) communications
Author :
Ezanuddin, A.A.M. ; Soh, P.J. ; Suhaizal, A.H.M. ; Norazliana, M.N.
Author_Institution :
Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Komputer dan Perhubungan (PPKKP), Univ. Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Kuala Perlis, Malaysia
Abstract :
Presented here is a microstrip antenna designed for ultra wideband (UWB) with an achievement of return loss below -10 dB beginning from 6.5 GHz to 10.5 GHz attaining a bandwidth of 4 GHz. It radiates omni-directionally with similar energy emission throughout the operating band. The key for bandwidth increment comes from the third layer rectangular resizing at the same time tuning the fork for better return loss. Thus an evaluation between simulation and practical method are shown.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; ultra wideband antennas; UWB communications; bandwidth 4 GHz; fork-tuned antenna; frequency 6.5 GHz to 10.5 GHz; microstrip antenna; omnidirectional radiation; ultra wideband communications; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; FCC; Feeds; Frequency; Microstrip antennas; Transmitting antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; Vibrations;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2009. APMC 2009. Asia Pacific
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2801-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2802-1
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2009.5385213
