Open AccessA Wideband Printed Monopole Antenna with a Co-Planar Waveguide Feeding
Author(s) -
Chanapon Surin,
Duang-arthit Srimoon,
Jhirat Mearnchu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/965/1/012036
Subject(s) - monopole antenna , radiation pattern , optics , coaxial antenna , dipole antenna , antenna (radio) , wideband , antenna efficiency , antenna measurement , antenna factor , materials science , physics , acoustics , electrical engineering , engineering
A wideband printed monopole antenna with a co-planar waveguide feeding is presented. This antenna provides a frequency range of 1.7 – 6.0 GHz. It is a flat conductor on FR4 printed circuit board. The shape of ground and pole are rectangle that the 2 corners near the feeding point are 25 degree chamfered, symmetrically. The ground is etched to form a co-planar waveguide for feeding. For this work, the antenna is simulated by using computer program before fabricating a prototype. The antenna provides an omni-directional radiation same as donut shape at the low frequency of the operating band. The radiation pattern is change when the frequency is shift to high but still omni-direction. The bandwidth of the antenna is 112% between 1.7 GHz and 6.0 GHz with the reflection coefficient less than -10 dB across the band. Gains of the antenna are 2.3, 4.9, and 3.4 dBi at the frequencies of 1.8, 3.8, and 5.8 GHz, respectively. They are the 3 points of low-, central- and high-frequency of the operating band. The size of the antenna is 70.0 × 40.0 mm 2 . Advantages of the antenna are wideband, low profile structure, light weight, and can be fabricated by FR4 make it low-cost.