Title :
Compact and wideband wide-slot antenna for microwave imaging system
Author :
Tiang, S.S. ; Ain, M.F. ; Abdullah, M.Z.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Malaysia
Abstract :
A novel compact wide-slot antenna fed with a microstrip-line is proposed. The new design is composed of a p-shaped wide-slot and fed by a simple 50 Ω microstrip transmission line with an overall size of 16 mm × 16 mm. It is intended to be used in a microwave medical imaging applications that covers the ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency band. A wider impedance bandwidth of around 76% (4.9 - 11 GHz) with stable radiation pattern is achieved. The parametric studies showed that the proposed antenna has excellent characteristics, low profile and cost-effective compared to existing UWB antennas.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; biomedical imaging; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; microwave antennas; microwave imaging; slot antennas; ultra wideband antennas; UWB antennas; UWB frequency band; antenna radiation pattern; bandwidth 4.9 GHz to 11 GHz; impedance bandwidth; microstrip transmission line; microwave medical imaging application; p-shaped compact wide-slot antenna fed; ultrawideband frequency band; wideband wide-slot antenna; Bandwidth; Impedance; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Slot antennas; microwave imaging; ultra-wideband; wide-slot antenna;
Conference_Titel :
RF and Microwave Conference (RFM), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1628-7
DOI :
10.1109/RFM.2011.6168696
