A Low Profile Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Reconfigurable Notch Band Characteristics for Smart Electronic Systems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Antenna Designing
2.1. UWB Antenna Design
2.2. UWB Antenna with WLAN Notch Band
2.3. UWB Antenna with 5G Sub-6 GHz Notch Band
2.4. UWB Antenna with Reconfigurable Dual Notch Band
2.5. Optimization Algorithm
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Simulation and Measurments Setup
3.2. VSWR
3.3. Radiation Pattern
3.4. Surface Current Distribution
3.5. Gain and Efficiency
4. Comparison with the Related Works in the Literature
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Ref. No. | Dimension (mm × mm) | Bandwidth (GHz) | Notch Band (GHz) | Reconfigurability Method | Operational Modes |
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[13] | 39.8 × 23 | 1.8–12 | 4.8–6.2 | PIN diode | UWB UWB with a single notch |
[14] | 42 × 32 | 2.2–12.5 | 3.1–4.5 | PIN diode | UWB with a single notch |
3.6–8.2 | |||||
[15] | 36 × 34 | 2.8–10.3 | 1.8–4.35 | Varactor | UWB with two fixed and a single reconfigurable notch |
[16] | 32 × 24 | 2.7–12 | 4.4–5 | Copper tape | UWB UWB with a single notch UWB with a dual notch |
7.7–9.2 | |||||
[17] | 22 × 21 | 2.8–10.3 | 5.2–5.8 | Copper tape | UWB UWB with a single notch UWB with a dual notch |
7.8–9 | |||||
[18] | 25 × 21 | 3.1–10 | 3.2–4 | PIN diodes | UWB with a single notch UWB with a dual notch UWB with a tri notch |
5.2–5.9 | |||||
7.9–9 | |||||
Proposed work | 17 × 23 | 2.8–10.6 | 3–4.1 | PIN diodes | UWB UWB with a single notch UWB with a dual notch |
4.5–6.5 |
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Zaidi, A.; Awan, W.A.; Ghaffar, A.; Alzaidi, M.S.; Alsharef, M.; Elkamchouchi, D.H.; Ghoneim, S.S.M.; Alharbi, T.E.A. A Low Profile Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Reconfigurable Notch Band Characteristics for Smart Electronic Systems. Micromachines 2022, 13, 1803. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13111803
Zaidi A, Awan WA, Ghaffar A, Alzaidi MS, Alsharef M, Elkamchouchi DH, Ghoneim SSM, Alharbi TEA. A Low Profile Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Reconfigurable Notch Band Characteristics for Smart Electronic Systems. Micromachines. 2022; 13(11):1803. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13111803
Chicago/Turabian StyleZaidi, Abir, Wahaj Abbas Awan, Adnan Ghaffar, Mohammed S. Alzaidi, Mohammad Alsharef, Dalia H. Elkamchouchi, Sherif S. M. Ghoneim, and Turki E. A. Alharbi. 2022. "A Low Profile Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Reconfigurable Notch Band Characteristics for Smart Electronic Systems" Micromachines 13, no. 11: 1803. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13111803
APA StyleZaidi, A., Awan, W. A., Ghaffar, A., Alzaidi, M. S., Alsharef, M., Elkamchouchi, D. H., Ghoneim, S. S. M., & Alharbi, T. E. A. (2022). A Low Profile Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Reconfigurable Notch Band Characteristics for Smart Electronic Systems. Micromachines, 13(11), 1803. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13111803