Ultra wide band antenna with enhancement efficiency for high speed communications

Author

Zahran, Sherif R. ; El Sayed Ahmed, Omar H. ; El-Shalakany, Ahmad T. ; Saleh, Sherif S. ; Abdalla, Mahmoud A.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Arab Acad. for Sci. & Technol., Cairo, Egypt

fYear

2014

fDate

28-30 April 2014

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

72

Abstract

In this paper we introduce a new configuration of UWB antenna. The proposed antenna helps in enhancing the efficiency of ultra wide-band (UWB) antenna over the bandwidth from 3-10.6GHz. The new design is based on curved and slotted T-shaped antenna with circular reflector. The designed antenna is a microstrip feeding for further integration with microwave system components. The theoretical antenna design was discussed. The antenna design was validated using the electromagnetic full wave simulations. Moreover, practical measurements are supposed to be performed for more antenna design confirmation. The results confirm that the antenna has good matching and omni radiation pattern within the frequency band 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz with an average antenna efficiency better than 82%.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microwave antennas; reflector antennas; slot antennas; ultra wideband antennas; UWB antenna; antenna efficiency; circular reflector; electromagnetic full wave simulations; frequency 3 GHz to 10.6 GHz; high speed communications; microstrip feeding; omni radiation pattern; slotted T-shaped antenna; ultra wide band antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Educational institutions; Reflector antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; UWB Antenna; circular reflector; slotted T-shaped;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Science Conference (NRSC), 2014 31st National

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3820-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRSC.2014.6835062

Filename

6835062