Triple Notched Band Characteristics UWB Antenna Using C-Shaped Slots and Slot-Type Capacitively-Loaded Loop (CLL)

Ahmed Zitouni, Noureddine Boukli-Hacene

Laboratory of Telecommunications, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University Hassiba Benbouali of Chlef, Chlef, Algeria.
Laboratory of Telecommunications, Faculty of Technology, University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria.

DOI: 10.4236/jemaa.2013.58054                

Abstract

Ultra wide bands antennas with notched bands characteristics have recently been considered for efficient communication between devices. In this paper, a compact ultra-wideband antenna (UWB) for UWB applications with triple bandnotched characteristics is presented. The proposed antenna consists of a square patch with four truncated corners and a partial ground plane with a rectangular slit. The operation bandwidth of the designed antenna is from 2.66 GHz to more than 13.5 GHz. Band-notched characteristics of antenna to reject the frequency band of 3.18 - 3.59 GHz and 4.70 - 5.88 GHz, is realized by inserting two C-shaped slots in the patch, the third band of 9.54 - 12.22 GHz is achieved by slottype capacitively-loaded loop (CLL) inserted in the patch near the feed line. Details of the proposed antenna design and simulated results are presented and discussed.

Keywords

Microstrip Antenna; Ultra-Wideband Antenna; UWB; C-Shaped Slot; Capacitively-Loaded Loop (CLL); Three-Band Notched Characteristics

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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