This study describes a tunable coplanar waveguide fed (CPW) rectangularslot antenna to work within ultra wide band (UWB) for the future communication systems. This slot antenna of area 30*20mm is designed on a FR4 substrate and its operation was tested in terms of return loss and gain. The developed antenna shows VSWR  2 bandwidth of 800MHz in 0.7-1.51GHzband as well as bandwidth of 6.06GHz in...

A new approximation technique to find the total series impedance per unit length for quasi-TEM transmission lines including conductor loss has been developed. It is shown through the use of conformal mapping that both frequency dependent skin-depth and proximity effects can be accurately modeled. Comparison between experimental measurements and calculations for twin-lead, coplanar strips, paral...

A new 6-port “circuit-model” for Coplanar-Slotline Crosses is presented. The model is based on the separation of the two fundamental Coplanar Waveguide (CPW) modes (even and odd) into different ports. It generalizes previous models since it explains the Cross’ behavior even if air-bridges are not used and Slotlines are loaded asymmetrically. The new model is applied to the analysis of the -para...

A lumped-element circuit is proposed to model a coplanar waveguide (CPW) interdigital capacitor (IDC). Closed-form expressions suitable for CAD purposes are given for each element in the circuit. The obtained results for the series capacitance are in good agreement with those available in the literature. In addition, the scattering parameters obtained from the circuit model are compared with th...

A large bandwidth wide-slot antenna, fed by coplanar waveguide (CPW), is proposed. Experimental investigations and detailed simulations are conducted to understand its behavior and to optimize for broadband operation. The impedance bandwidth, determined by 10-dB return loss of the proposed slot antenna using both measurement and simulation, is about 131% (2.8 to 14GHz). In addition to be small ...