Compact Tapered Slot UWB Antenna with WLAN Band Rejection
Medeiros, C. R.
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Costa, J.R.
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Fernandes, C. A.
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters Vol. 8, Nº -, pp. 661 - 664, July, 2009.
ISSN (print): 1536-1225
ISSN (online): 1548-5757
Scimago Journal Ranking: 0,96 (in 2009)
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/LAWP.2009.2022063
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Abstract
This letter extends the design of a previously proposed uniplanar ultrawideband (UWB) antenna to include within its 3.1–10.6-GHz operation band a rejection of the wireless local area network (WLAN) band near 5.5 GHz. The antenna configuration is based on a combination of two crossed exponentially tapered slots plus a star-shaped slot printed on both sides of a 10-mils dielectric substrate. The band rejection is obtained with the addition of extra slots at the antenna back-face metallization.
The radiation pattern and polarization are very stable over the
entire UWB. Link measurements between two identical antennas
demonstrate low pulse distortion over almost all the solid angle.
