Title :
A new balanced UWB planar antenna
Author :
Guo, Y.X. ; Zhang, Z.Y. ; Ong, L.C. ; Chia, M.Y.W.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
In this paper, a new balanced planar antenna for UWB applications is proposed. Firstly, a novel uniplanar broadband balun transition is presented, which can either be used as a microstrip-to-microstrip or a microstrip-to-CPS transition. The proposed balun transition consists of a section of asymmetrical tapered edge coupled transmission lines to increase its bandwidth. Then, a balanced UWB planar dipole antenna fed by the proposed planar tapered balun is studied.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; baluns; coupled transmission lines; dipole antennas; microstrip transitions; ultra wideband antennas; balanced UWB planar dipole antenna; planar tapered balun; tapered edge coupled transmission lines; ultra wideband planar antenna; uniplanar broadband balun transition; Bandwidth; Couplings; Dipole antennas; Impedance matching; MMICs; Microstrip; Microwave integrated circuits; Planar arrays; Planar transmission lines; Stripline;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2005 European
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-2-8
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2005.1610339
