Abstract—This paper presents a novel fractal antenna structure proposed for UWB (Ultra – Wideband) applications. The frequency band 3.1-10.6GHz released by FCC (Federal Communication Commission) as the commercial operation of UWB has been chosen as frequency range for this antenna based on coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed and circular shapes fulfilled according to fractal geometry. The proposed an...

Johnna Powell and Anantha Chandrakasan Massachusetts Institute of Technology 50 Vassar St. Rm 38-107, Cambridge, MA 02139 johnna, [email protected] ABSTRACT This paper introduces two antenna designs for Ultra Wideband 3.1-10.6 GHz communication. The primary antenna design is an equiangular spiral slot patch antenna with an outer radius of 2.25 cm. The incorporation of a ground plane enables c...

A novel modified printed monopole antenna with variable frequency band-notch characteristic for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications is presented. The proposed antenna consists of a truncated ground plane and a radiating patch with two tapered steps. To generate a notch band at 5–6GHz with good level of band-notch a new T-shaped parasitic element placed on the back layer of the substrate along wit...

The scaling factor in a ultra-wideband antenna is investigated. Here is showed that the lower frequency limit of the bandwidth is reduced as the scaling factor is bigger than unity. Using the obtained results a UWB planar monopole antenna was designed. The measured antenna bandwidth goes from 650 MHz to 20 GHz for a VSWR ≤ 2. The radiation pattern remains almost omnidirectional. The radiator us...

An ultra wideband (UWB) monopole antenna with dual band-notch characteristic is proposed. Dual arm spiral resonators (DASR) are placed on both sides of the feed line to create band notches at 5.25 and 5.8GHz for the upper and lower WLAN bands respectively. First the antenna is optimized individually for both upper and lower WLAN band-notch behaviors then embedded together for dual band-notch ch...

An ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with a narrow frequency notch is presented. The antenna has been fabricated on a FR4 substrate and occupies an area of only 25 × 25 mm. Starting from a Circular planar patch exhibiting a VSWR smaller than 2.5 in the 3.5−10 GHz band, a frequency notch at 5.65 GHz is introduced by two open slots above the coplanar waveguide feeding. The measured return loss shows a...

A printed monopole antenna with CPW-fed is proposed. The proposed antenna includes a rectangle shape radiator, two ground planes with symmetrical notch and feed excitation. It covers the all ultra wideband (UWB 3.1GHz ~ 10.6GHz) and has 7.8GHz (2.8GHz ~ 10.6GHz) measured return loss bandwidth. In modifiable design, we choose to design the notches on the ground plane, the high of the proposed an...

This note applies Variable 0 Z technology to the design of an Ultra Wideband (UWB) YagiUda array optimized using Central Force Optimization. Variable 0 Z is a novel and proprietary approach to antenna design and optimization that treats the feed system characteristic impedance, 0 Z , as a design variable instead of a fixed design parameter as is traditionally done. Variable 0 Z is applicable to...

A novel planar antenna with WiMAX and WLAN bandnotched characteristics is presented for ultra-wideband (UWB) applications. The UWB antenna consists of a staircase-shaped radiating element, a microstrip feedline and a modified ground plane. To realize WiMAX band-notched characteristic, a pair of hook-shaped slots is etched on the radiating element. Two folded stubs extending from the ground plan...