2013 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Computing, Communication and Nanotechnology (ICECCN 2013)

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CPW-Fed Folded-UWB Monopole Slot Antenna

for WiMAX and WLAN Applications
Prof. P. Thriuvalar Selvan*1,
*1
Professor, Department of ECE,
Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engg. College,
Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. S. Raghavan*2,
*2
Professor, Department of ECE
National Institute of Technology,
Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
M. Gopinath*3,
*3
M.E, Communication Systems,
Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engg. College,
Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India
gopinath.mohanraj1985@gmail.com

Abstract- A CPW-fed folded-UWB monopole slot antenna including wide bandwidth performance and low cost in the
for WiMAX and WLAN applications are presented. The printed circuit board (PCB) process [8]. The CPW feed line
proposed antenna covers a rectangular aperture, two inverted with various possible patch shapes available in the literature
L-shaped slots, a coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed line, two such as `T', cross, forklike, volcano and square are used to
switches, a T-shaped stub and C-shaped slot. The antenna is give wide bandwidth [8-11]. Those frequency-reconfigurable
designed on the FR4 substrate of 35mm (width) ൈ 30mm
antennas used to carry out the adaptive frequency-band
(length)ൈ 1.6mm (thickness), and is optimized by CST
Microwave Studio. The simulation results show that the antenna selection by changing the size of the resonant elements [12],
is of UWB characteristic and reveals band rejection of 2.9 - controlling the number of the shorting strips [13].
3.8 GHz and 5-6 GHz, which covers WiMAX and WLAN
communication. In this paper, a CPW-fed folded UWB monopole slot
antenna can support the UWB application and dual band
Index terms- Coplanar waveguide, C-Shaped slot, WiMAX and WLAN are presented. The proposed antenna
Rectangular aperture, Two inverted L-shaped slots, Two covers a rectangular aperture, two inverted L-shaped slots, a
switches, T- shaped stub coplanar waveguide (CPW) feeding line, two switches, a T-
shaped stub and a C-shaped slot. In controlling the status of
I. INTRODUCTION
the switches, the proposed antenna is able to operate in
WiMAX case and a C-shaped slot on T-stub provides to
UWB is a short range unlicensed wireless communication
operate in WLAN case. The simulation software used for this
system which has a potential to offer a high capacity with low
analysis is CST Microwave studio.
power compared with the contemporary wireless systems for
short range applications. After the release of UWB for
II. ANTENNA CONFIGURATION
unlicensed application by the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), it receives much attention by researchers
Fig.1. shows the geometry and configuration of the
due to its inherent properties of low power consumption, high
proposed antenna. In this study, the FR4 substrate of thickness
data rate and simple configuration [1]. With the rapid
1.6mm and relative permittivity 4.6 and a loss tangent of 0.02
developments of UWB systems, a lot of attention is being
are used. The antenna consists of a rectangular aperture, two
given to designing the UWB antennas. The design of antennas
inverted L-shaped slots, a coplanar waveguide (CPW) feeding
for UWB applications must satisfy the following
line, two switches, a T-shaped stub and C-shaped slot. A
requirements. There are ultra wide impedance bandwidth,
rectangular aperture and two inverted L-shaped are etched on
Omni directional radiation pattern, constant gain high
the substrate. C-shaped slot is etched on T-shape stub to avoid
radiation efficiency, constant group delay, low profile and
interference from WLAN and HIPERLAN/2. Two switches
easy manufacturing [2]. Interestingly the slot antennas with
are sited over two inverted L-shaped slots. Since the antenna
CPW fed posses the features mentioned above with simple
and feeding structure are implemented on the same plane, only
structure, less radiation loss, less dispersion and easy
one layer of substrate with single-sided metallization is used,
integration of monolithic microwave integrated circuits
making the manufacturing of the antenna very easy and
(MMIC) [3]. Hence, the CPW- fed slot antennas [4-8] are
extremely low cost.
identified as the most promising antenna design for wide band
The CPW transmission line is designed with 50 ȍ
wireless applications.
characteristics impedance with 4mm feed line width and
0.5mm ground gap. In this design, such parameters are
In planar slot antennas, the slot width and feed structure
optimized by using CST Microwave Studio. The simulated
affect the impedance bandwidth of the antenna. The wider slot
results of antenna are explained in section II. Conclusions are
gives more bandwidth, and an optimum feed structure gives
given in section III.
good impedance matching. The advantages of slot antennas

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10.8
30 W1
0.5 W3 4
3
Switch 1 2 Switch 2

L1=10.5 W2 Fig. 3. Simulated return loss of thee proposed antenna with different values
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of W1.
0.5 8.5

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X Unit: mm

FR4 substrate, ߝ௥ = 4.4, tanߜ = 0.02 h

Fig. 1. Geometry and configuration of the proposed antenna

SION
III. RESULTS AND DISCUSS
Fig. 4. Simulated return loss of thee proposed antenna with different values
The simulations are performed by CST Microwave
M Studio of L1.
in this paper. In Fig. 2, the return loss curvees of the proposed
antenna are shown with optimal dimennsions. From the
simulated results we can examine the rejecteed bands from 2.9
to 3.8 GHz and 5 to 6 GHz. An optimuum result can be
obtained from different values of W1=1mm, = W2=1mm,
W3= 1.6mm and L1=10.5mm.

Fig. 5. Simulated return loss of thee proposed antenna with various values
of W2.

The effect of varying lengtths L1 is demonstrated in Fig.4.

Fig. 2. Simulated return loss of the proposed antenna with
w optimal
dimensions
In Fig.3, shows the simulated return losss characteristics of
the proposed antenna with various widthss of W1 effect in
WiMAX case. There is an insignificant variiation in the return
loss resonant frequency when the width of thhe W2 is increased.
Which illustrates that decreasinng the length of the inverted L-
shaped slot the impedance bandwidth of the antenna is
reduced. An optimal length fouund for this case is 10.5mm. In
Fig.5, we can see that the simullated return loss of the proposed
antenna for different values off W2. The center frequencies of
the notch bands are increasing and decreasing by changing L1
and W2.In Fig.6, demonstrates the simulated return loss curves
of the proposed antenna for diffferent values of W3. If the value
of W3 is increased, the returrn loss resonance is increased.
When it is decreased the centerr frequency of the notch band is
achieved.
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Fig. 6. Simulated return loss curves of the proposed antenna for different
values of W3 (b)

The simulated radiation patterns of the proposed antenna

illustrated in Fig.7. It can be seen that the radiation patterns in
the H-plane are approximately Omni-directional. And
radiation pattern in the E-plane are pronouncedly
bidirectional, which indicate good monopole like radiation
characteristics over the operating bands.
The simulated peak gains against frequency are plotted in
Fig.8.The gain is from 2.5 to 5.5 dBi for the operating bands,
-2.5dBi and -6.5 dBi for rejected bands of WLAN and
WiMAX. It confirms that the proposed antenna provides a
high level of rejection to signal frequencies within the notched
band
The mechanism of the band-notched characteristics can be
investigated from the currents on the antenna. Then, the
simulated current distributions for the proposed antenna are
presented in Fig.9.
(c)

(d)
(a) H-Plane E-Plane
Fig. 7. Simulated far-field radiation pattern of the proposed antenna at
(a) 2.75GHz, (b) 4.1GHz, (c) 6.65 GHz and (d) 10.35 GHz
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IV. CONCLUSION

In this paper, a CPW-Fed Folded UWB-Monopole slot

antenna for WiMAX and WLAN band-notched function has
been proposed and discussed. The antenna has been
successfully simulated. The band-notch characteristic is
achieved by introducing two inverted L-shape slots in the
ground plane and a C-shaped slot in the T-shape stub. In
switching over the two inverted L-shape slots, the proposed
antenna can allow the antenna to operate in WiMAX case and
WLAN notch band can be controlled by adjusting C-shaped
slot. With good radiation patterns and gain, the proposed
antenna can be widely used in the WLAN systems and the
WiMAX systems.
Fig. 8. Simulated gain of the proposed antenna
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(c)
Fig. 9. Simulated current distribution of the proposed antenna at
(a) 4.1GHz, (b) 6.65 GHz and (c) 10.35 GHz