High-Performance Ultra-Wideband Planar Antenna Design

(Kin-Lu Wong)
Dept. of Electrical Engineering National Sun Yat-Sen University Kaohsiung, Taiwan
E-mail: wongkl@ema.ee.nsysu.edu.tw
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Wireless Communication Systems and Standards

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Operating Systems and UWB Planar Antennas

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UWB, short-range communications, 3.1~10.6 GHz Systems with BW > 1.5 GHz or > 25% WMAN (IEEE 802.16a, fixed wireless, 2~11 GHz; IEEE 802.16e, mobile wireless, 2~6 GHz) UWB access-point (AP) antennas n Planar metal-plate monopole antennas n Printed monopole antennas UWB antennas for mobile units n UWB mobile phone antennas (internal or stubby monopole) n UWB internal laptop antennas
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UWB AP AntennasPlanar metal-plate monopoles (1)

2:1 VSWR BW larger than 10 GHz (covering 3.1~10.6 GHz or 2~11 GHz) can be obtained

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UWB AP AntennasPlanar metal-plate monopoles (2)

Considerations of UWB radiation characteristics: (1) Vertical polarization purity (suppressing horizontal currents) (2) Stability of omni radiation pattern across the UWB band

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UWB AP AntennasPlanar monopoles and quasi-dipoles

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UWB/802.16a AP Antenna0 -10

Square planar monopole with notches (1)

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-40 1E+009

5E+009

9E+009

1.3E+010

BW: 10.7 GHz (2.0~12.7 GHz), 10 dB RL

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UWB/802.16a AP AntennaMarked curves: Simulated

Square planar monopole with notches (2)

Unmarked curves: Measured

Notch: w = 7 mm, h = 3 mm, d = 1.5 mm

Simulated 3D pattern (HFSS)

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UWB/802.16a AP AntennaMarked curves: Simulated

Square planar monopole with notches (3)

Unmarked curves: Measured

Notch: w = 7 mm, h = 3 mm, d = 1.5 mm

Simulated 3D pattern (HFSS)

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UWB/802.16a AP AntennaMarked curves: Simulated

Square planar monopole with notches (4)

Unmarked curves: Measured

Notch: w = 7 mm, h = 3 mm, d = 1.5 mm

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Square planar monopole with trident-shaped feeding strip (1)

BW: 10 GHz (1.4~11.4 GHz), 10 dB RL Improved BW and polarization purity
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Feeding strip type Trident strip Two-branch strip Simple strip

t, h, d (mm) 15, 3.5, 1.0 15, 3.5, 1.0 ---, ---, 2.5

BW, fL ~ fU (GHz) 10.1, 1.4 ~ 11.5 8.8, 1.4 ~ 10.2 1.9, 1.4 ~ 3.3

fU/fL 8.2 7.3 2.3 11

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Square planar monopole with trident-shaped feeding strip (2)

Measured radiation patterns at 2 and 6 GHz

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Square planar monopole with trident-shaped feeding strip (3)

Gain: 4-7 dBi across the band

Measured radiation patterns at 10 GHz

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UWB AP Antenna0

Step-shaped planar monopole (1)

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d = 2 mm
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Azimuthal pattern

BW: 4.4 GHz (2.2~6.6 GHz), 2:1 VSWR Improved omni pattern across the band 14

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UWB AP Antenna-

Step-shaped planar monopole (2)

Measured radiation patterns at 3 and 6 GHz

Good omni pattern across the band 15

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UWB AP Antenna0 -10

U-shaped planar monopole

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L = 25 mm, W = 11 mm, t = d = 4 mm

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3E+009

5E+009

7E+009

9E+009

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BW: 5.1 GHz (2.0~7.1 GHz), 2:1 VSWR Improved omni pattern across the band

-30 1E+009

3E+009

5E+009

7E+009

9E+009

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UWB AP Antenna-

Cylindrical planar monopole (1)

A cross patch used for fabricating the antenna

BW: 4.7 GHz (1.9~6.6 GHz), 2:1 VSWR Improved omni pattern across the band 17

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Cylindrical planar monopole (2)

Gain variations < 1.5 dB across the band

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UWB AP AntennaCross-plate monopole

BW: ~10 GHz (1.8~11.9 GHz), 10-dB RL Improved omni pattern across the band

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UWB AP AntennaTri-plate monopole

BW: ~10 GHz (2.7~12.9 GHz), 10-dB RL Improved omni pattern across the band

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-30 1E+009

4E+009

7E+009

1E+010

1.3E+010

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Band-notched UWB planar monopole (1)

By incorporating a suitable (slot or slit) structure to be a half-wavelength at the desired notched frequency, a destructive interference could take place, causing the UWB antenna non-responsive at that frequency -- Band-notched characteristic

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0 2E+009

4E+009

6E+009

8E+009

1E+010

1.2E+010

BW covering 3.1 ~ 10.6 GHz with a notched frequency band at 5 GHz

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UWB AP Antenna25 20

Band-notched UWB planar monopole (2)

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0 2E+009

4E+009

6E+009

8E+009

1E+010

1.2E+010

Slot length = 2L + W -2t L = 11 mm, W = 9 mm, t = 2 mm Slot length = 27 mm ~ 0.5 at 5.5 GHz

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UWB AP Antenna15

Band-notched UWB circular monopole

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0 1E+009 15

4E+009

7E+009

1E+010

1.3E+010

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BW covering 3.1 ~ 10.6 GHz, with the notched frequency band controlled by the slot length

0 1E+009

4E+009

7E+009

1E+010

1.3E+010

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UWB AP Antenna10 8

Band-notched UWB slot antenna

0 2E+009

4E+009

6E+009

8E+009

1E+010

1.2E+010

BW covering 3.1 ~ 10.6 GHz, with the notched frequency band controlled by the U-slot length in the tuning stub

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UWB Printed AntennaBW: 5.4 GHz (2.37.7 GHz), 10 dB RL; Good port isolation (S21 < 20 dB) across the band; Gain: about 3.5 dBi in 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz bands

Diversity printed monopoles

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PCMCIA card

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3E+009

4E+009

5E+009

6E+009

7E+009

8E+009

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UWB Mobile Phone AntennaInternal metal-plate monopole

BW: 6 GHz (1.9~7.9 GHz), 10 dB RL Suitable for UMTS/WLAN (2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz) operations

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UWB Mobile Phone AntennaStubby cylindrical monopole

Antenna comprises an upper hollow conducting cylinder and a lower conducting cone

BW: 8.8 GHz (1.8~10.6 GHz), 10 dB RL Suitable for UMTS/WLAN (2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz) operations or UMTS/UWB operations 27

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UWB Laptop AntennaShorted planar monopole

BW: ~4 GHz (2.1~6.0 GHz), 10 dB RL W = 36 mm, L = 14 mm, t = 3 mm

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Conclusion
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UWB planar antennas for accesspoints and mobile-units applications have been presented Planar antennas are good candidates for UWB communication applications

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Thanks for Your Attention!

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