New Wideband Notch Antennas for Communication Systems

Wireless communication industry is in rapid growth in the last years. Due to the huge progress in development of communication systems in the last decade development of wideband communication systems is continuous growth. However, development of wideband efficient antennas is one of the major challenges in development of wideband wireless communication systems. Low cost compact antennas are crucial in the development of communication systems. Printed notch antennas and miniaturization techniques are employed to develop efficient compact notch antennas. Fractal technology is used to improve the electrical performance and efficiency of notch antennas. Design tradeoffs, computed and measured results of wideband notch antennas with high efficiency are presented in this paper. All antennas are analyzed by using 3D full-wave software. The paper presents new compact Ultra-Wideband notch antenna 1 GHz to 6 GHz, a wideband notch antenna 2.1 GHz to 7.8 GHz and a 5.8 GHz to 18 GHz fractal notch antenna.

Analysis of Rectangular Notch Antenna for Dual-Band Operation

In this paper a design of single layer rectangular notch microstrip antenna for dual-band is proposed and experimentally investigated. This antenna is excited by microstrip line. Direct microstrip coupling with proper matching transformer has been used. Design is made for optimized notch dimension for two resonant frequencies. These resonance frequencies change with the variation in length and width of the notch. The input impedance and VSWR have been measured with the help of Network analyzer. It is found that the input impedance and VSWR depends variation in length and width of the notch microstrip antenna.

Frequency-Agile WLAN Notch UWB Antenna for URLLC Applications

This paper introduces a compact dual notched UWB antenna with an independently controllable WLAN notched band integrated with fixed WiMAX band-notch.The proposed antenna utilizes a slot resonator placed in the main radiator of the antenna for fixed WiMAX band notch,while an inverted L-shaped resonator in the partial ground plane for achieving frequency agility within WLAN notched band.The inverted L-shaped resonator is also loaded with fixed and variable capacitors to control and adjust the WLAN notch.The WLAN notched band can be controlled independently with a wide range of tunability without disturbing the WiMAX bandnotch performance.Step by step design approach of the proposed antenna is discussed and the corresponding mathematical analysis of the proposed resonators are provided in both cases.Simulation of the proposed antenna is performed utilizing commercially available 3D-EM simulator,Ansoft High Frequency Structure Simulator(HFSS).The proposed antenna has high selectivity with experimental validation in terms of reflection coefficient,radiation characteristics,antenna gain,and percentage radiation efficiency.The corresponding measured frequency response of the input port corresponds quite well with the calculations and simulations in both cases.The proposed antenna is advantageous and can adjust according to the device requirements and be one of the attractive candidates for overlay cognitive radio UWB applications and URLLC service in 5G tactile internet.The proposed multifunctional antenna can also be used for wireless vital signs monitoring,sensing applications,and microwave imaging techniques.

A BROADBAND APERTURE-COUPLED STACKED MICROSTRIP ANTENNA WITH BOTH PATCHES NOTCHED AND OFFSET

This paper proposes a new approach to further improving the bandwidth of a typical aperture-coupled stacked microstrip antenna by cutting triangular notches in the radiating sides of both radiating patches together with offsetting both patches. An antenna applying this new approach is designed,fabricated,and tested. The experimental antenna could achieve a measured impedance bandwidth of about 37.5% for the Voltage Standing Wave Ratio(VSWR) ≤ 2in X-band.

Optimization of band-notched UWB antenna using micro-genetic algorithm combined with FDTD

The micro-genetic algorithm (MGA) optimization combined with the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is applied to design a band-notched ultra wide-band (UWB) antenna. A U-type slot on a stepped U-type UWB monopole is used to obtain the band-notched characteristic for 5 GHz wireless local area network (WLAN) band. The measured results show that voltage standing wave ration (VSWR) less than 2 covers 3.1-10.6 GHz operating band and VSWR more than 2 is within 5.150-5.825 GHz notched one with the highest value of 5.6. Agreement among the calculated, HFSS simulated and measured results validates the effiectiveness of this MGA-FDTD method, which is efficient for UWB antennas design.

New band-notched UWB antenna

A simple and compact ultra wideband （UWB） printed monopole antenna with band-notched performance is proposed in this paper. The antenna is partially grounded so that the Q value is depressed and the impedance bandwidth is broadened. A small strip bar is loaded on each arm of the similar U-shaped radiator. The impedance bandwidth of the antenna overlap with IEEE 802.11a is rejected consequently. The geometry parameters of the antenna are investigated and optimized with HFSS. The measured bandwidth of the proposed antenna occupies about 7.89 GHz covering from 3.05 GHz to 10.94 GHz with expected notched band from 4.96 GHz to 5.98 GHz. A quasi-omnidirectional and quasi-symmetrical radiation pattern in the whole band is also obtained. As a result, a UWB wireless communication system can be simplified with the band-notched UWB antenna presented.

A NOVEL ULTRA WIDEBAND MONOPOLE ANTENNA WITH BAND-NOTCHED CHARACTERISTICS

A simple and compact microstrip-fed Ultra WideBand(UWB) printed monopole antenna with band-notched characteristic is proposed in this paper.The antenna is composed of a square ring with a small strip bar,so that the antenna occupies about 7.69 GHz bandwidth covering 3.11～10.8 GHz with expected band rejection from 5.12 GHz to 5.87 GHz.A quasi-omnidirectional and quasi-sym-metrical radiation pattern is also obtained.This kind of band-notched UWB antenna requires no ex-ternal filters and thus greatly simplifies the system design of UWB wireless communication.

A Survey on Recent Approaches in the Design of Band Notching UWB Antennas

According to federal communication commission (FCC) rules, the 3.1 - 10.6 GHz band is allocated to the amateur ultra wideband (UWB) applications. On the other hand, the 5.15 - 5.825 GHz band is associated with the wireless LAN (WLAN) applications according to IEEE 802.11 and HIPERLAN/2 standards. Therefore, an unwanted intrusion will be expected between these two frequency requests. In This paper a comprehensive review will be done over a wide range of UWB microstrip antennas which all have the band notching property over the WLAN band to effectively avoid this interference. All the band notching techniques in the recent papers will be categorized in 4 distinct methods including the tuning stub, the shaped slot, the parasitic element, and the fractal geometry. A few typical papers will be introduced and evaluated in each category for declaration purposes. At last, a comparison will be done between these methods and the relative papers.

Notched Triangular Microstrip Antenna for Dual-Frequency Operation

A novel equilateral triangular patch with a rectangular notch etched to one radiating edge on organic magnetic substrate is proposed for dual frequency operation. Both operations of these dual frequencies arise from the perturbation of TM 10 and TM 11 mode by simply cutting a rectangular notch at the patch bottom. Simulations and experiments have shown the validity of this design. Using an organic magnetic material as the substrate, the antenna exhibits a broader bandwidth of 5.5% and 4.7% at dual-frequencies 1.56 GHz and 2.45 GHz, respectively, as well as a reduced size compared to the dual-frequency patch antennas on non-magnetic material.

Design of Reconfigurable Band Notches Antenna for Cognitive Radio Applications

In this paper, an antenna with reconfigurable band notches, for cognitive radio applications, is proposed. The antenna can be operated as ultra wideband, and is reconfigurable in terms of the ability to select a notched band in the SRR resonant frequency. The reconfigurable band notches are induced using a band-stop filter based on split-ring resonators (SRRs), and are controlled using electronic switches mounted over the SRRs. For this sake, the design of the band-stop filter is proposed. A prototype of filter is fabricated and measured. The incorporation of a band-stop filter, into a wideband antenna, is then looked into. The proposed antenna is designed and simulated using Ansoft HFSS. A prototype of the antenna is fabricated and measured. A good analogy between simulated and measured results is obtained.

Multi-Reconfigurable Band-Notched Coplanar Waveguide-Fed Slot Antenna

This paper proposes an antenna design concept to achieve a multi-reconfigurable band-notch antenna by using a set of microswitches. The proposed idea was proved by the design of the coplanar waveguide(CPW)-fed slot antenna. The sample design gives a wideband antenna the impedance bandwidth of which covers the frequency ranged from 1.9 GHz to 6.55 GHz.The antenna could be configured to work either in single-band mode or in one of the defined dual-band modes.

Design and Analysis of a Compact Band Notch UWB Antenna for Body Area Network

This paper presents the design of a small printed ultra wideband antenna with Band Notched characteristics. Both the free space and on-body performances of this antenna were investigated through simulation. The newly designed UWB antenna is more revised small form factor sized, with the ability to avoid interference caused by WLAN (5.15 - 5.825 GHz) and WiMAX (5.25 - 5.85 GHz) systems with a band notch. The return loss response, gain, radiation pattern on free space of the antenna were investigated. After that, the on-body performances were tested on 3-layer human body model with radiation pattern, gain, return loss, and efficiency at 3.5, 5.7, 8, 10 GHz and all the results were compared with free space results. As the on-body performance was very good, the proposed antenna will be suitable to be used for multi-purpose medical applications and sports performance monitoring.

A Novel Bow-Tie Antenna with Triple Band-Notched Characteristics for UWB Applications

This paper presents the design of a compact bow-tie antenna with triple band notched characteristics for UWB applications. The proposed antenna can operate from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz with VSWR - 8.4 GHz) centered at 8.1 GHz, the CSRR2 rejects the WLAN band (5.15 - 5.85 GHz) centered at 5.6 GHz, and the CSRR3 rejects the band (4.10 - 4.47 GHz) centered at 4.32 GHz. Compared with recent design, this antenna is more compact, and presents better simulation results of its characteristics. Our newly designed antenna is a potential candidate for application in UWB communication systems.

A U-Shaped UWB Antenna with Band-Notched Performance

An ultra-wideband antenna with controllable band-notched is presented. Two semi-ellipses with different radiuses are subtracted to result in the main patch. By varying inner and outer radiuses, much more enhancement in bandwidth occurred. A U-shaped slot is used to make band-stop performance. Measured S11 is ≤-10 dB over 2.3 - 5 GHz and 6.1 - 15.1 GHz.

Design of Integrated Triple Band Notched for Ultra-Wide Band Microstrip Antenna

Ultra-wideband (UWB) is one of the recent topics that received a great concern from academia and industry. However, UWB found many difficulties to be standardized due to the overlay working that made UWB an important potential interference source to many licensed and unlicensed spectrum throughout the band 3.1 to 10.6 GHz. This paper demonstrates the design of integrated triple band notched for UWB Microstrip antenna. We simulated UWB short range systems which require low power and these are built using inexpensive digital components. We proposed a compact triple band notched CPW (Co-planar Waveguide) fed Micro strip Antenna (MSA) for UWB. This band-notched antenna has rejection characteristics at 3.2 GHz (for Wi-MAX band 3.16 to 3.32 GHz), at 5.5 GHz (for WLAN 2 band—5.3 to 5.72 GHz) and at 7.9 GHz (for ITU band 7.72 GHz to 8.13 GHz). The simulation was done using IE3D simulator.

Analysis and design of compact printed monopole UWB antennas with multiple notched bands

This paper presents three compact ultra-wideband(UWB)antennas fed by coplanar waveguide(CPW).The proposed antennas consist of a planar circular patch monopole UWB antenna and multiple etched slots on the feed line.Simulation by Ansoft high frequency structure simulator(HFSS)10.0 shows that the in-band impedances are quite stable and satisfactory.Rejected narrow frequency bands are further obtained within the wideband width by inserting U-shaped slots into the fed line of the antennas.The antennas have a dimension of 50mm by 40mm by 1.5mm.The simulation and measurement results show that the proposed antennas have stable directional radiation patterns,very low profile and low fabrication cost,which are suitable for the UWB system.

基于MOEA/D算法的三陷波超宽带天线设计

为实现超宽带通信中对WIMAX(3.3~3.7 GHz)、WLAN(5.150~5.825 GHz)和ITU(8.01~8.50 GHz)频段干扰的抑制,提出了一种基于MOEA/D算法优化设计的具有三陷波特性的超宽带天线。天线采用T形结构作为辐射贴片,通过改变贴片形状等方法实现在3~12 GHz的超宽带。在辐射贴片上刻蚀两个U形缝隙和在传输线两侧加载C形开口环,对天线进行陷波设计。利用MOEA/D算法对陷波结构的结构参数和加载位置进行优化,实现了在3.31~3.69 GHz、5.25~6.13 GHz和8.01~8.51 GHz频段的陷波效果,成功抑制了频段干扰。与传统扫频优化的设计方法相比,采用MOEA/D算法设计的天线在陷波频带内增益低至-19 dB,各陷波频带准确度误差均在3.6%以下,提高了天线的设计效率,具有一定的工程应用价值。

双陷波可重构特性的蓝牙超宽带天线设计

提出了一种具有双陷波可重构特性的蓝牙/超宽带(UWB)天线。天线由削顶圆形单极子天线加载1/4波长圆弧枝节组成。在圆形贴片上刻蚀2个半波长圆形缝隙,实现WLAN(5.125~5.825 GHz)和ITU(8.025~8.4 GHz)频段的陷波功能。通过控制安装在陷波结构中PIN二极管的工作状态,能够实现陷波的可重构特性。测试与仿真结果表明:在天线工作频段2.39~2.52 GHz和2.92~12 GHz内,天线辐射性能良好,峰值增益达到5.2 dBi。可广泛应用在各种通信系统。

一种超宽带双陷波可穿戴天线设计

基于牛仔布柔性材料,设计了一种小型化双陷波超宽带可穿戴天线。天线由牛仔布料基板、开槽单极子辐射贴片和缺陷地平面构成,具有超宽带特性,能覆盖3.1~10.6GHz的超宽带频段范围。通过在天线接地板刻蚀两条新型蜿蜒形槽和在单极子辐射贴片上添加对称枝节以实现双陷波特性。该天线结构紧凑,尺寸仅为24mm×28mm×0.84mm。仿真的-10dB天线工作带宽为143.7%(2.95~18GHz),并且天线在3.24~3.87GHz和5.11~5.91GHz频段内具有双陷波特性,能有效抑制全球微波互联接入系统(WiMAX)和无线局域网(WLAN)频段的干扰。此外,对天线的可弯曲性、辐射性能以及人体安全性能进行了分析。测试与仿真结果基本一致,表明该天线可用于可穿戴系统中。

具有五陷波的超宽带天线设计

设计了一款具有五陷波特性的小型化超宽带天线,通过改变陷波结构参数和分析天线表面的电流分布,研究了陷波结构对超宽带及陷波特性的影响。天线尺寸仅为25 mm×20 mm×1 mm。辐射贴片由矩形和圆形贴片组成,背板通过切角挖槽实现了超宽带特性;添加对称钩型枝节,蚀刻U型槽及3类U型槽产生5个陷波。天线的工作带宽在3.8~16 GHz。有效抑制了国际卫星波段(4.5~4.8 GHz)、WLAN下行波段(5.15~5.35 GHz)、UNII-2c(5.47~5.725 GHz)、WLAN上行波段(5.725~5.825 GHz)、下行卫星系统频段(7.25~7.75 GHz)、上行卫星系统频段(7.9~8.4 GHz)、国际电信联盟频段(8.01~8.50 GHz)的干扰。天线在工作频带内具有全向性,增益平均在4 dBi以上。仿真和实测结果基本吻合,表明该天线可用于超宽带通信系统。