Title :
A fractal monopole antenna for UWB applications
Author :
Kumar, Raj ; Krishna, R. V. S. Ram ; Kushwaha, Nagendra
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Armament Electron., ARDE, Pune, India
Abstract :
A printed monopole antenna for UWB applications is presented in this paper. The monopole has a circular sector shape and is excited using a CPW feed. Quasi fractal elements in the form of triangular slots of varying dimensions are incorporated in the circular secto disc for obtaining the UWB behavior. The measured impedance bandwidth is from 4 GHz and extends well beyond 12 GHz. The measured radiation patterns of the antenna are nearly omni directional in the H-plane and dumb bell shape in the E-plane.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; circular waveguides; coplanar waveguides; fractal antennas; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; omnidirectional antennas; slot antennas; ultra wideband antennas; E-plane circular sector shape; H-plane quasifractal element; UWB application; dumb bell shape CPW feed; fractal monopole antenna; omnidirectional antenna radiation pattern; printed monopole antenna; triangular slot antenna circular secto disc; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Coplanar waveguides; Fractals; Ultra wideband antennas; Fractal Antenna; Printed Monopole Antenna; UWB Antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bhubaneswar
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3266-5
DOI :
10.1109/AEMC.2013.7045112
