A new ultrawideband printed monopole antenna: The planar inverted cone antenna (PICA)

被引:191
作者
Suh, SY [1 ]
Stutzman, WL [1 ]
Davis, WA [1 ]
机构
[1] Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Bradley Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Virginia Tech Antenna Grp, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
关键词
monopole disk antenna; pattern enhancement; planar antenna; ultrawideband (UWB) antenna;
D O I
10.1109/TAP.2004.827529
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A new antenna, the planar inverted cone antenna (PICA), provides ultrawideband (UWB) performance with a radiation pattern similar to monopole disk antennas [1]-[8], but is smaller in size. Extensive simulations and experiments demonstrate that the PICA antenna provides more than a 10:1 impedance bandwidth (for VSWR < 2) and supports a monopole type omnidirectional pattern over 4:1 bandwidth. A second version of the PICA with two circular holes changes the current flow on the metal disk and extends the high end of the operating frequency range, improving the pattern bandwidth to 7:1.
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页码:1361 / 1365
页数:5
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