Title :
Design and analysis of a compact size planar antenna for UWB applications
Author :
Tammam, Emad ; Yoshitomi, Kuniaki ; Allam, Ahmed ; El-Sayed, Mohammed ; Pokharel, Ramesh ; Yoshida, Keiji
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr., Comm., & Comput. Eng., Egypt-Japan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Alexandria, Egypt
Abstract :
In this paper, a small size ultrawideband (UWB) planar antenna is proposed. This antenna is a U-shaped monopole antenna which is fed using a microstrip line feeder. The size of the antenna has been miniaturized by optimizing the dimensions of the U-shaped radiator and the ground plane. The final size of the antenna after optimization of its dimensions is 12mm×18mm×1.6mm. The proposed antenna is simulated, fabricated, and its performance is tested while satisfactory performance is achieved. The comparison between the simulation and measurement results shows good agreement.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna testing; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; monopole antennas; optimisation; planar antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; U-shaped monopole antenna; U-shaped radiator dimension optimization; UWB applications; antenna performance testing; antenna size miniaturization; compact size planar antenna analysis; compact size planar antenna design; ground plane; microstrip line feeder; small size ultrawideband planar antenna; Antenna measurements; Cutoff frequency; Frequency measurement; RLC circuits; Resonant frequency; Ultra wideband antennas; Miniaturization; U-shaped monopole antenna; UWB planar antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206390
