Abstract
AbstractA compact UWB G‐shaped printed monopole antenna with reconfigurable band‐notched characteristic is presented. The antenna design having a low profile of 8 × 27.5 mm2 consists of a G‐shaped radiating element size of 8 × 8 mm2 fed by a microstrip transmission line with a matching line and a defected ground structure. In order to achieve reconfigurable characteristic, a pin diode is inserted between the poles of G‐shaped radiator. When the pin diode is at ON‐state, G‐shaped patch behaves like a ring radiator and the antenna thus operates at whole UWB frequency. On the other hand; when the pin diode is at OFF‐state, the antenna has a band‐notched characteristic corresponds to C‐band and WIMAX band spectrum. The antenna design is parametrically investigated and the proposed design is verified by a prototype. From the measured results, the antenna has switchable characteristic between whole UWB spectrum of 2.8‐12.6 GHz at ON‐state and stopped band of 3.5‐4.95 GHz at OFF‐state. Therefore, the proposed antenna excels in terms of geometry's simplicity, compactness, near omnidirectional pattern, high efficiency as well as band‐notched configurability.
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