Compact rectangular U-shaped slot microstrip patch antenna for UWB applications

Author

Hassanien, Mohamed A. ; Hamad, Ehab K I

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2010

fDate

20-22 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, the performance of a rectangular microstrip patch antenna fed by microstrip line is designed to operate for ultra-wide band applications. It consists of a rectangular patch with U-shaped slot on one side of the substrate and a finite ground plane on the other side. The U-shaped slot and the finite ground plane are used to achieve an excellent impedance matching to increase the bandwidth. The proposed antenna is designed and optimized based on extensive 3D EM simulation studies. The proposed antenna is designed to operate over a frequency range from 3.6 to 15 GHz.

Keywords

antenna feeds; impedance matching; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; microwave antennas; slot antennas; ultra wideband antennas; U-shaped slot antenna; UWB applications; compact antenna; frequency 3.6 GHz to 15 GHz; impedance matching; microstrip line; rectangular microstrip patch antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Dipole antennas; Microstrip antennas; Slot antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Finite Ground Plane; Microstrip Antenna; UWB;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (MECAP), 2010 IEEE Middle East Conference on

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-903-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MECAP.2010.5724187

Filename

5724187