Performance of ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) pentagon shape microstrip slot antenna for wireless communications

Author

Rajgopal, Sunil K. ; Sharma, Satish K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., San Diego State Univ. (SDSU), San Diego, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A planar ultra-wideband microstrip slot antenna with pentagon slot and pentagon stub has been presented. Small size of the proposed antenna can find applications in mobile handheld units. The area that this antenna occupies on the 50 mm times 80 mm ground plane space is 25%. The proposed antenna has a bandwidth ranging from 2.65 GHz to 11.3 GHz, which is about 124%. It has omnidirectional radiation patterns but with high cross polarization levels. An array of such an antenna on this ground plane is also being investigated such that it can be used in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems as transmit or receive antenna. Additional results on this antenna will be presented during the symposium.

Keywords

MIMO communication; UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; directive antennas; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; planar antennas; slot antennas; ultra wideband antennas; MIMO systems; UWB pentagon shape microstrip slot antenna; cross polarization levels; frequency 2.65 GHz to 11.3 GHz; multiple-input-multiple-output; omnidirectional radiation patterns; pentagon slot; planar ultrawide bandwidth antenna; receive antenna; transmit antenna; wireless communications; Bandwidth; MIMO; Microstrip antennas; Mobile antennas; Receiving antennas; Shape; Slot antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4619335

Filename

4619335