Design and Development of a Compact UWB Monopole Antenna with Easily-Controllable Return Loss

Symeon Nikolaou; Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi

doi:10.1109/TAP.2017.2670322

Design and Development of a Compact UWB Monopole Antenna with Easily-Controllable Return Loss

Symeon Nikolaou, Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi

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Abstract

This communication presents a novel cactus-shaped ultrawideband (UWB) monopole antenna fabricated on liquid crystal polymer (LCP). The proposed antenna is a very compact design, since it can be fabricated on a board with dimensions only 20 × 28 mm², while the three linear segments that comprise the cactus-shaped monopole provide a direct control on antenna matching. The proposed antenna is operating from 2.85 to 11.85 GHz and it presents very consistent omnidirectional patterns throughout the UWB frequency range. Return loss and pattern measurements are presented and the operation principles are discussed in detail. The simplicity of this topology, with the easily controllable return loss, allows for its easy implementation for various UWB subband designs, just by building suitable monopole versions, for which the only difference is the length of the three linear segments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2063-2067
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume	65
Issue number	4
Early online date	16 Feb 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2017.2670322
Publication status	Published - Apr 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cactus antenna
compact antenna
liquid crystal polymer (LCP)
U-shaped stub
ultrawideband (UWB)
UWB monopole

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Nikolaou, S., & Abbasi, M. A. B. (2017). Design and Development of a Compact UWB Monopole Antenna with Easily-Controllable Return Loss. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 65(4), 2063-2067. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2017.2670322

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