Title :
Parallel strip fed antenna with extremely wide bandwidth
Author :
Salmani, Zeeshan ; Zhang, Hualiang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a simple extremely wideband antenna fed by a parallel strip transmission line. Two individual radiating elements are integrated together in a way inspired by the log periodic antenna array concept. Metamaterials based antennas are used as the radiating elements. The proposed antenna is designed on FR4 substrate and successfully operates in the 0.68GHz to 120GHz frequency range covering the ultra-wideband (UWB) operating bandwidth of 3.1GHz to 10.6GHz as well as VHF band.
Keywords :
VHF antennas; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; log periodic antennas; metamaterials; transmission lines; ultra wideband antennas; FR4 substrate; VHF band; frequency 0.68 GHz to 120 GHz; log periodic antenna array; metamaterial; parallel strip fed antenna; parallel strip transmission line; radiating element; ultra-wideband operating bandwidth; wide bandwidth; Antenna arrays; Bandwidth; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; UWB antenna; impedance matching; metamaterial based antenna; parallel strip; wide bandwidth;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9562-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2011.5996645
