Title :
Design of ultra wideband coplanar waveguide fed rectangular slot antenna with tuning stub
Author :
Eldek, Abdelnasser A. ; Elsherbeni, Atef Z. ; Smith, Charles E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Mississippi, University, MS, USA
Abstract :
A coplanar waveguide fed rectangular slot antenna tuned by a patch stub is designed and presented for ultra wideband band applications. The presented antenna exhibits a small size, a wide impedance bandwidth of 98%, and a 6 dB average gain.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; coplanar waveguide components; electric impedance; slot antennas; tuning; ultra wideband antennas; 6 dB; 8 to 22 GHz; average gain; coplanar waveguide fed antenna; impedance bandwidth; patch stub; radiation patterns; tuning stub; ultra wideband antenna; ultra wideband coplanar waveguide fed rectangular slot antenna; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Coplanar waveguides; Electromagnetic waveguides; Microstrip antennas; Rectangular waveguides; Slot antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8883-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2005.1552104
