A printed miniature antenna for UWB applications

Author

Guo, Lu ; Wang, Sheng ; Chen, Xiaodong ; Parini, Clive

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of London, London, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

11-17 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, a printed compact UWB antenna is presented. A miniature size of the antenna has been achieved by integrating two miniaturisation techniques utilised in and, i.e. the quasi-self-complementary structure and the tapered slot. It has been shown that the optimal design of this type of antenna can offer an ultra wide 10 dB impedance bandwidth with reasonable radiation properties. Key parameters that influence the performance of the antenna are studied. Most importantly, the antenna features both physically and electrically small dimensions, 19mm x 16mm in physical size and 0.19λ in electrical size, respectively.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; ultra wideband antennas; UWB applications; impedance bandwidth; miniaturisation techniques; printed compact UWB antenna; printed miniature antenna; quasi-self-complementary structure; reasonable radiation properties; Antenna measurements; Frequency measurement; Loss measurement; Ultra wideband antennas; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4967-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2010.5561804

Filename

5561804