Design of a Quadruple Band-Notched Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Antenna Using Curled C-Shaped Structures and Interdigital Inductance Slots

In this paper, a novel ultra-wideband (UWB) printed antenna with quadruple band-notched characteristics is proposed and investigated. The quadruple band rejections are achieved by etching two interdigital capacitance slots on each side of the ground plane, embedding a curled C-shaped slot on the circle patch, and adding a curled split-ring resonator on the backside of the antenna. Interdigital inductance slots can obtain a narrower notched band than general structures due to their high inductance, thereby preserving some valuable frequencies. Adjusting the tail branch's length and distance of the curled C-shaped slot and the curled split-ring resonator can control the notch frequency and width. Finally, the proposed antenna operates from 2.9-11 GHz (VSWR < 2) with four band stops (VSWR > 2) for rejecting WiMAX, WLAN, and downlink of X-band satellite communication. Furthermore, the difference between the experimental results and the expected value is less than 3%. The proposed antenna can accurately filter out narrow-band signals.

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In this paper, a novel UWB printed antenna with quadruple band-notched characteristics is proposed. Various techniques, such as interdigital capacitance slots and split-ring resonators, are used to achieve the desired band rejection properties. The proposed antenna can accurately filter out narrow-band signals.