• DocumentCode
    33986
  • Title

    Coplanar stripline-fed compact UWB antenna

  • Author

    Roshna, T.K. ; Deepak, U. ; Sajitha, V.R. ; Mohanan, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron., Cochin Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Cochin, India
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Aug. 14 2014
  • Firstpage
    1181
  • Lastpage
    1182
  • Abstract
    A novel compact coplanar stripline (CPS)-fed antenna for ultra-wideband (UWB) application is investigated. The proposed antenna consists of a staircase-shaped radiator together with a shorted strip. The prototype is designed on a substrate of dielectric constant 4.4, with an overall size of 25 × 7 × 1.6 mm3. The antenna offers a 2:1 voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) bandwidth from 3.1 to 11.4 GHz, with an average gain of 3 dBi and average radiation efficiency of 75% throughout the band. The measured group delay and transmission characteristics show that the proposed antenna is a good candidate for UWB communication systems.
  • Keywords
    antenna feeds; coplanar waveguides; strip lines; ultra wideband antennas; CPS; UWB communication systems; VSWR; bandwidth 3.1 GHz to 11.4 GHz; coplanar stripline-fed compact UWB antenna; dielectric constant; group delay; staircase-shaped radiator; transmission characteristics; ultrawideband application; voltage standing wave ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2014.1884
  • Filename
    6880199