A NOVEL MONOPOLE ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND UWB APPLICATION

In this article, a novel monopole antenna which consists of a radiating patch with two modified L-shaped notches to achieve broad bandwidth is presented for various mobile communication services such as wireless broadband, wireless local area network, digital mobile broadcasting, and ultrawideband (UWB) applications. The proposed antenna is designed to operate over 2-11.2 GHz for S11<-10 dB. Details of the proposed antenna design approach and measured results are also presented and discussed. The novel monopole antenna has wide band impedance bandwidth, compact size, and low fabrication cost, which are suitable for communication services and UWB application. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 55:1856-1860, 2013