A new ultrawideband printed monopole antenna: the planar inverted cone antenna (PICA)

Author

Suh, Seong-Youp ; Stutzman, Warren L. ; Davis, William A.

Author_Institution

Virginia Tech Antenna Group, State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

52

Issue

5

fYear

2004

fDate

5/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1361

Lastpage

1364

Abstract

A new antenna, the planar inverted cone antenna (PICA), provides ultrawideband (UWB) performance with a radiation pattern similar to monopole disk antennas , but is smaller in size. Extensive simulations and experiments demonstrate that the PICA antenna provides more than a 10:1 impedance bandwidth (for VSWR<2) and supports a monopole type omnidirectional pattern over 4:1 bandwidth. A second version of the PICA with two circular holes changes the current flow on the metal disk and extends the high end of the operating frequency range, improving the pattern bandwidth to 7:1.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; electric impedance; microstrip antennas; military communication; monopole antennas; PICA; UWB; monopole disk antenna; omnidirectional pattern; pattern enhancement; planar inverted cone antenna; printed monopole antenna; ultrawideband antenna; Antenna theory; Antennas and propagation; Electromagnetic diffraction; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Notice of Violation; Physical theory of diffraction; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; Monopole disk antenna; UWB; antenna; pattern enhancement; planar antenna; ultrawideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2004.827529

Filename

1296848