Cylindrical wideband step monopole for simultaneous operation in the C and X-bands

Author

Gorla, Hemachandra Reddy ; Khan, Mohammad Rezwan ; Addison, David W. ; Harakiewicz, F.J.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng, Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

11-16 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The step monopole is presented for the frequency range from 5.5 GHz to 13.73 GHz (more than 84%) and with a maximum gain of 6.07 dBi. The increased radius enhanced the bandwidth, and the small ground plane 6cm×6cm enhanced the impedance matching. An omni-directional radiation pattern is achieved in XY-plane of the antenna. This antenna could be used in space to ground communication systems or aeronautical navigation applications in X-band or C-Band. The measured radiation pattern and impedance bandwidth closely agreed with the simulated step monopole.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; impedance matching; monopole antennas; C-band; X-band; aeronautical navigation; cylindrical wideband step monopole; frequency 5.5 GHz to 13.73 GHz; impedance bandwidth; impedance matching; omnidirectional radiation pattern; space-to-ground communication system; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Information Technology and Systems (ICWITS), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Maui, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0947-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICWITS.2012.6417736

Filename

6417736