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ABSTRACT
A microstrip line fed pentagonal printed ultra wideband (UWB) monopole antenna with partial ground plane having triple notches is proposed. The realized antenna has an operating bandwidth (VSWR ≤ 2) ranging from 3.1 GHz and continuing beyond 12 GHz. A novel mushroom-shaped slotted electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) inspired structure is used near the feedline to introduce triple notches at CBRS (3.5–3.7) GHz, WLAN (5.15–5.725) GHz and X-band downlink satellite communication (7.25–7.75) GHz frequencies. The band notch characteristics are demonstrated with current distribution and impedance analysis. Further, the proposed structure has stable radiation patterns, gain and group delay in the UWB range except the notch frequencies. Finally, a prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated and measured results are in good agreement with the simulated results.
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Santanu Das
Santanu Das is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering in Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. His research interests are Microstrip antennas, Periodic strcutures, Microstrip circuits and RFID.