<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The design of a printed compact planar antenna of asymmetrical structure with ultra wide bandwidth is described and investigated in this paper. The antenna provides more than 114% impedance bandwidth below VSWR 2 (from 3.3 to more than 12 GHz) with a center frequency of 7.65 GHz; thus it covers the bandwidth requirement for portable UWB wireless device applications. The structure of the asymmetric proposed antenna is very simple and composed of a small hexagonal shaped patch with two asymmetrical coplanar ground planes. It occupies an area of only 20 × 24.5 mm2 when printed on one side of an FR4 substrate with a thickness of 1.6 mm.</p></abstract>

The design of a printed compact planar antenna of asymmetrical structure with ultra wide bandwidth is described and investigated in this paper. The antenna provides more than 114% impedance bandwidth below VSWR 2 (from 3.3 to more than 12 GHz) with a center frequency of 7.65 GHz; thus it covers the bandwidth requirement for portable UWB wireless device applications. The structure of the asymmetric proposed antenna is very simple and composed of a small hexagonal shaped patch with two asymmetrical coplanar ground planes. It occupies an area of only 20 × 24.5 mm2 when printed on one side of an FR4 substrate with a thickness of 1.6 mm.

Design, Investigation and Measurement of A Compact Ultra Wideband Antenna for Portable Applications

School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia

Institute of Space Science (ANGKASA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor D., E., Malaysia

Measurement Science Review

The design of a printed compact planar antenna of asymmetrical structure with ultra wide bandwidth is described and investigated in this paper. The antenna...

Design, Investigation and Measurement of A Compact Ultra Wideband Antenna for Portable Applications

Online veröffentlicht: 24. Aug. 2013

Seitenbereich: 169 - 176

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2013-0031

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