Compact UWB antenna for wireless personal area networks

Author

Hamad, Ehab K. I. ; Radwan, Abdelrahman H.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Aswan Univ., Aswan, Egypt

fYear

2013

fDate

27-30 April 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents a small size ultra wideband (UWB) antenna for wireless personal area network applications. The proposed antenna covers the impedance bandwidth of 3.1 to 10.6 GHz frequency range in free space. The design parameters for achieving optimal performance are investigated. A tapered microstrip feeding is employed to enhance the antenna matching. The operation and the characteristics of the proposed antenna are also analyzed. Good agreement has been obtained between the simulation and experimental results. The simulated and measured radiation patterns have demonstrated that the antenna is nearly omni-directional over the entire band.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; personal area networks; ultra wideband antennas; antenna matching; bandwidth 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz; compact UWB antenna; design parameters; free space; impedance bandwidth; radiation patterns; tapered microstrip feeding; ultra wideband antenna; wireless personal area networks; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Microstrip antennas; Slot antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Antennas; Ultrawideband (UWB) antenna; Wireless personal area networks (WPAN);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC), 2013 Saudi International

Conference_Location

Fira

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6196-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-6194-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIECPC.2013.6551021

Filename

6551021