Transformerless bandpass matching network design for Y-shaped monopole antenna

In this paper, a transformerless bandpass matching network design procedure is presented. The Real Frequency Techniques are powerful numerical methods to design wideband lossless 2-port networks such that filters and matching networks. In these techniques, the value of the termination resistance of the designed network could not be yielded as 50 Ω by numerical package. Hence, a transformer is also required for 50 Ω termination which is not practical for high frequency applications. Also in this study a novel wideband monopole antenna is presented. The proposed antenna is consisting of two major elements; Y-shaped impedance matching plate and hemi-circular radiator. Moreover Y-shaped impedance matching plate connected to a feeding probe excites the suspended hemi-circular radiator via air gap. and its frequency band is expanded by using transformerless bandpass design procedure.