Ground effect analysis for ice cream cone UWB antenna for UWB communication

Author

Othman, M.A. ; Rahman, M.Z.A. ; Aziz, M.Z.A.A. ; Bin Abd Malek, Mohd Fareq ; Ismail, M.M. ; Sulaiman, H.A. ; Misran, M.H. ; Said, M.A.M. ; Ramlee, R.A.

Author_Institution

Centre for Telecommun. Res. & Innovation, Univ. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Durian Tunggal, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

4-6 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, presented a ground plane effect performance of an array 2 × 1 Ice Cream Cone UWB Antenna for Ultra Wide Band (UWB) communication is being proposed. The antenna designs have been simulated using CST Microwave Studio. The antenna covers the UWB spectrum from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz, and had a return loss below than 10 dB throughout the entire band. The basic antenna analysis has been done including the analysis of antenna performance due to ground plane effect. A compact antenna area of 70 × 80 mm² is obtained. The material used is FR-4 epoxy glass substrate that has dielectric constant, ε_r= 4.4 and the dielectric thickness; h=1.6mm. The antenna also gives omni directional radiation characteristics with reasonable gain values over the same frequency band.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microwave antenna arrays; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; 31400; CST Microwave Studio; FR-4 epoxy glass substrate; UWB communication; antenna designs; compact antenna area; frequency 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz; ground effect analysis; ground plane effect performance; ice cream cone UWB antenna; omni directional radiation characteristics; ultra wide band communication; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Ice; Microstrip antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Ice cream cone; Ultra Wide Band (UWB) antenna; omni directional; return loss; tuning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Research Areas and 2013 International Conference on Microelectronics, Communications and Renewable Energy (AICERA/ICMiCR), 2013 Annual International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kanjirapally

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5150-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AICERA-ICMiCR.2013.6575987

Filename

6575987