Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Abstract
A printed Bow-Tie slot antenna with loaded stub is proposed and the effects of changing the dimensions of the slot area, the stub and load sizes are considered in this paper. These parameters have a considerable effect on the antenna characteristics as well as its performance. An in-depth parametric study of these dimensions is presented. This paper proposes the necessary conditions for initial approximation of dimensions needed to design this antenna. In order to achieve the desired performance of the antenna fine tuning of all sizes of these parameters is required. The parametric studies used in this paper provide proper trends for initiation and tuning the design. A prototype of the antenna for 1.7GHz to 2.6GHz band is fabricated. Measurements conducted verify that the designed antenna has wideband characteristics with 50% bandwidth around the center frequency of 2.1GHz. Conducted measurements for reflection coefficient (S11) and radiation pattern also validate our simulation results.
Keywords
Parametric study, Fine-Tuning, Bow-Tie Slot Antenna, Loaded Stub
Divisions
fac_eng
Funders
Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (FRGS/2/2014/TK03/UM/01/1), University of Malaya,PPP funding under Grant Number PG092-2012B
Publication Title
PLoS ONE
Volume
12
Issue
1
Publisher
Public Library of Science