Wideband Multiport Antennas

Wideband Planar Slot Antennas

Abstract ⎯ In this paper a printed dipole antenna and three slot antennas are designed to operate at 10 GHz for use in radar systems. A parametric study of each antenna and comparison between their radiation properties including return loss, bandwidth, directivity, efficiency and radiation patterns for 6-element linear array are introduced. Slot antennas show wider bandwidth, less coupling and ...

Introduction to Ultra-wideband Antennas

In addition, a UWB antenna is preferentially nondispersive, having a fixed phase center. If waveform dispersion occurs in a predictable fashion it may be possible to compensate for it, but in general it is desirable to radiate similar waveforms in all directions. A logperiodic antenna is an example of a dispersive antenna. Larger scale components radiate low frequency components while smaller s...

Ultra-Wideband Printed Antennas Design

On February 14, 2002, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States adopted the First Report and Order that permitted the commercial operation of ultra wideband (UWB) technology (FCC, 2002). The FCC allocated a bandwidth of 7.5GHz, i.e. from 3.1GHz to 10.6GHz, to unlicensed use for UWB applications. Ultra Wideband is defined as any communication technology that occupies great...

Impedance and quality factor of mutually coupled multiport antennas

In this study, expressions for the radiation quality factor Q and the input impedance seen at any terminal of a multiport antenna are derived. It is shown computationally that because of the possibility to adjust the antenna current distribution through suitable feeding/loading a multiport antenna can perform lower Qs than a similar single-port antenna. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave ...

Wideband Compact Antennas for Wireless Communication Applications