Gain enhancement of co-planar waveguide fed ultra-wide bandwidth monopole antenna with enlarged ground plane and metal reflectors

Turkmen-Kucuksari Ö., Kocakaya A., Çakır G., Çimen S.

AEU-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS, cilt.126, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 126
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.aeue.2020.153422
  • Dergi Adı: AEU-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Applied Science & Technology Source, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, INSPEC
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Co-planar waveguide fed monopole antenna, Ultra-wide band, UWB, High gain, Enlarged ground plane, Reflector, ULTRAWIDEBAND ANTENNA, SLOT ANTENNAS, FREQUENCY, DESIGN, CPW
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study investigates the capability of an omnidirectional monopole antenna in achieving a high gain pattern that can be used in the UWB applications covering the frequency range of 3.1-10.6 GHz. The gain of a co-planar fed reference antenna with a partial ground is enhanced by using two main techniques; incorporating the antenna with an enlarged ground plane and metal reflector plates in different configurations. The gain level of the reference antenna in the yz-plane (1.9-4.6 dBi) is enhanced up to a gain level of 9.25-14.8 dBi with the help of the two gain enhancement techniques. Furthermore, a minimum gain of 12 dBi with a maximum deviation of 3 dBi is observed over the 4.2-9.8 GHz frequency range. As a proof of concept, two configurations of the designed antennas are fabricated and tested.