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A printed ultra‐wideband diversity monopole antenna
Author(s) -
Wong KinLu,
Su SaouWen,
Kuo YenLiang
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.11031
Subject(s) - monopole antenna , electrical engineering , antenna diversity , ground plane , wideband , microwave , engineering , bandwidth (computing) , return loss , radiation pattern , physics , antenna (radio) , telecommunications , electronic engineering
A novel ultra‐wideband (UWB) diversity monopole antenna printed on a personal computer memory card international association (PCMCIA) network card is presented. The antenna consists of two truncated square monopoles orthogonally and symmetrically printed on the two sides of a T‐shaped protruded ground plane, and is capable of operating in a very wide bandwidth, defined by a 10‐dB return loss, of about 5.4 GHz (about 2.3–7.7 GHz). In addition, across the operating bandwidth, the antenna also shows good port isolation ( S 21 < −20 dB) and can provide spatial diversity for the obtained radiation patterns of the two truncated square monopoles which substantially cover complementary space regions. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 38: 257–259, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.11031