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A slot‐coupling coplanar waveguide‐fed fan‐shaped antenna embedded in semicircle aperture
Author(s) -
Li QinYi,
Zhao Gang,
Jiao YongChang
Publication year - 2009
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.24655
Subject(s) - coplanar waveguide , microwave , radiation pattern , bandwidth (computing) , optics , return loss , antenna efficiency , slot antenna , radiation , electrical engineering , electrical impedance , antenna (radio) , engineering , physics , telecommunications
A novel design of a fan‐shaped antenna embedded in semicircle aperture is proposed and experimentally studied in this article. The proposed antenna is fed by a tapered coplanar waveguide (CPW) and has an ultrawide band owing to the coupling between the fan‐shaped radiation unit and the ground. From experimental results, the measured impedance bandwidth of the antenna, determined by −10 dB return loss, can reach an operating bandwidth of 23.36 GHz (1.64–25 GHz), more than 175% with the center frequency operating at about 13.32 GHz. Good radiation patterns and gains covering the operating band have been observed. Details of the antenna design and experimental results are discussed in this article. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 2385–2387, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24655