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Slotline‐fed ultracompact antenna for wide band applications
Author(s) -
Nair Sreejith M.,
Shameena V. A.,
Sreenath S.,
Mohanan P.
Publication year - 2013
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.27355
Subject(s) - microwave , bandwidth (computing) , antenna (radio) , radiation pattern , antenna efficiency , antenna measurement , optoelectronics , optics , dielectric , electrical engineering , antenna gain , materials science , physics , engineering , telecommunications
A compact, wide‐band slotline‐fed uniplanar antenna is presented. The antenna offers a wide bandwidth from 3.8 to 10.2 GHz with a directional radiation pattern in the entire operating band. Also the antenna offers an average gain of 5 dBi in the entire band with an average efficiency of 85%. The antenna possesses an overall dimension of 21.9 × 8.8 × 1.6 mm 3 when fabricated on substrate of dielectric constant 4.4 and thickness 1.6 mm. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:526–529, 2013; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.27355