CPW-fed planar ultra wideband antenna

having a frequency band notch function

Y. Kim and D.-H. Kwon
A CPW-fed planar ultra-wideband antenna with hexagonal radiating
elements is presented. The antenna also has a frequency band notch
characteristic. By inserting a V-shaped thin slot on the hexagonal
radiating element, the narrow frequency band notch has been created
very close to the desired frequency.

Introduction: Recently, the Federal Communication Commission

(FCC)s allocation of the frequency band 3.110.6 GHz for commercial use has sparked attention on ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna
technology in the industry and academia. Several antenna configurations including planar monopoles and dipoles have been studied for
UWB applications [13]. Also, UWB transmitters should not cause
any electromagnetic (EM) interference on nearby communication
systems such as GPS and wireless LAN (WLAN) systems. Therefore,
a UWB antenna having a frequency band notch characteristic is
desirable. Studies of frequency band notched UWB antennas have
also been performed [4, 5]. In this Letter, a coplanar waveguide
(CPW)-fed planar UWB antenna of small size and having a frequency
band notch feature at the WLAN frequency band (fc 5.25 GHz) is
presented. Also, the notched frequency band may be adjustable by
varying the length of the V-shaped slot. Simulation and experimental
results of input impedance and gain characteristics of the proposed
antenna are presented.

network analyser. Fig. 2a shows the simulated VSWR and Fig. 2b shows
the measured VSWR. There are good agreements between the simulated
VSWR curves and the measured VSWR curves. The frequency bandwidth defined by VSWR < 2 is approximately 2.810.6 GHz without the
V-slot. It is also shown that a sharp frequency band notch was created
very close to the desired centre frequency ( fc 5.25 GHz) by inserting
the V-slot. The simulated gain in the boresight and the edge-on
directions with respect to frequency are shown in Fig. 3. Over the
entire UWB frequency band, the boresight gain has the average value of
2.3 dBi in the boresight. The maximum and the minimum values are 5
and
0.8 dBi, respectively, resulting in the maximum gain variation of
5.8 dB. Notches of 1012 dB magnitudes at fc 5.25 GHz have been
created by inserting the V-slot. The fractional bandwidths are approximately 810%. The antenna performances between the cases with and
without the V-slot are compared in Table 1. Fig. 4 shows that the notch
frequency can be adjusted by changing the length of the V-slot. The
centre frequency of notched band is varied from 4.95 to 5.4 GHz by
changing the length of the slot (L).

Antenna structure and design: Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of

the CPW-fed planar antenna having a frequency band notch function.
The width of the antenna, a, is 22 mm ( 0.23l at 3.1 GHz), and the
length of the antenna, b, is 31 mm ( 0.32l at 3.1 GHz). The CPW
feed geometry has the signal width w 1.5 mm, and the feed line gap
g 0.22 mm on each side of the signal line to form a transmission
line width 50 O characteristic impedance. The thickness of copper
coating on the top side of the substrate is approximately 0.036 mm.
1 mm-thick FR-4 epoxy (er 4.4) substrate has been used. The
V-shaped thin slot is inserted as shown in Fig. 1. The half-length of
the V-slot, L, is approximately l=8 at 5.25 GHz, which is the centre
frequency of the 5 GHz WLAN frequency band (f 5.155.35 GHz).
a

copper coating

V-shape slot

25

Fig. 2 VSWR against frequency

substrate

a Simulated VSWR

coating

b Measured VSWR

coating
g

Fig. 1 CPW-fed planar antenna with frequency band notch function

Results: The proposed antenna has been simulated with the HFSS 3D
EM simulation software and constructed. The voltage standing wave
ratio (VSWR) parameter is measured with an Agilent 8722ES vector

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Fig. 3 Simulated gain in boresight and edge-on directions with respect to

frequency, with and without V-slot

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show that a sharp frequency band notch has been created very close to
the centre frequency of the 5 GHz-band WLAN frequency band
( fc 5.25 GHz) with a fractional bandwidth of approximately
810% by inserting the V-shape slot. The notched frequency can be
also changed by adjusting the length of the slot (L).
# IEE 2004
Electronics Letters online no: 20040302
doi: 10.1049/el:20040302

2 February 2004

Y. Kim and D.-H. Kwon (I-Networking Laboratory, Samsung

Advanced Institute of Technology, Mt.14-1, Nongseo-Ri, GiheungEup, Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea)
E-mail: yongjin1237.kim@samsung.com

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Fig. 4 Notch frequency variations by changing length of V-slot

Table 1: Comparisons of antenna performances without V-slot and

with V-slot, fc 5.25 GHz

Simulated Simulated mismatch Boresight

VSWR
loss (dB)
gain (dBi)
Without V-shaped slot

1.92

0.45

3.1

With V-shaped slot

162

16

7

4
5

Conclusions: A CPW-fed planar UWB antenna having a frequency

band notch function is presented. The simulated and measured results

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