Small high performance ultra wideband UHF multipurpose planar antenna

Author

Babar, A. ; Ukkonen, L. ; Elsherbeni, Atef Z. ; Sydanheimo, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Rauma, Finland

fYear

2010

fDate

11-17 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we present the design and development of a small, high performance, compact Ultra Wideband antenna, resonating on a wide range of commonly used Ultra High Frequency (UHF) bands. The antenna´s bandwidth ranges from 1.22GHz to above 3GHz. The ultra wide bandwidth was achieved by dispersing the current fed into the feeding block of the antenna into different directions and loops. The antenna has a good omni-directional radiation pattern throughout the operational bandwidth, with a reasonable gain, and a small compact structure, which makes it suitable for many compact wireless devices like global positioning systems, wireless LANs, bluetooth, amateur radios and many others.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; planar antennas; ultra wideband antennas; compact ultra wideband antenna; feeding block; omni-directional radiation pattern; ultra wideband UHF multipurpose planar antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Microstrip antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4967-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2010.5561808

Filename

5561808