ULTRA-WIDE BANDWIDTH MICROSTRIP MONOPOLE ANTENNA BY USING ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND-GAP STRUCTURES

Dalia Mohammed Nasha Elsheakh, Hala A. Elsadek, Esmat Abdel-Fattah Abdallah, Hadia M. El-Hennawy, Magdy F. Iskander
2011 Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters  
A novel compact design for ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) planar monopole antenna is presented in this paper. The basis for achieving the UWB operation is through using semicircular microstrip monopole antenna with modified ground plane in the form of semi circular umbrella like shape. This shape produces bandwidth ranging from 3 to 35 GHz with discontinuities from 7 GHz to 10 GHz, from 12.5 GHz to 17.5 GHz and from 22 GHz to 40 GHz. The antenna size is reduced by 27% relative to the size of
more » ... ional rectangular monopole patch antenna. Metamaterial structures are used for further antenna performance improvement. Two types of metamaterial namely EBG and DGS are studied. First, embedding metallo EBG (EMEBG) is used to eliminate ripples in the operating band and also further reducing the antenna size by more than 30% as compared to the proposed patch. The antenna design provides an impedance bandwidth of more than 33 GHz. Second, four arms spiral defected ground structure (SDGS) is used as a ground plane with four arms to further improve the antenna performance. The SAMC reduced the antenna size by more than 48% as compared to the proposed antenna patch, increased bandwidth, and decreased the cross polarization effect. Finally, embedded EBG together with SDGS ground plane are studied to take advantages of both techniques.
doi:10.2528/pierl11020805 fatcat:bwe3x7gpbjdtzpojsof6ucxsk4