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Abstract In this paper, a compact ultra-wideband These may cause the electromagnetic interference with
(UWB) monopole antenna with triple band-notched UWB communication systems. To prevent the
characteristics is presented. These triple band rejections electromagnetic interference problem, some techniques
are produced by inserting the Complementary Co- are used to reject the narrow bands of UWB systems. In
directional Split-Ring Resonator (CC.SRR) on radiating literature many techniques have been applied to get
element for WiMAX/WLAN (3.4-3.95GHz/5.35- band rejection, among them by using slots on the patch
5.9GHz) and Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) [3], [4, 5], on the ground-plane or feed line[6, 7],
structure in the vicinity of transmission line for X-band parasitic element near the radiating element or feed
satellite communications (6.7-7.7GHz). The proposed line[8], a novel concepts are also mentioned which
antenna with a total size of 18× 20.9 ×1.63 mm3 has employ an artificial material which is metamaterial like
been constructed and tested. An equivalent RLC circuit C.SRR [9], [10, 11], and new application of mushroom-
model is proposed and investigated. The simulated and type EBG structures[12, 13]. Communication systems
measured results show that the proposed antenna has usually involve a small size of the antenna in order to
impedance bandwidth (VSWR < 2) from 3.05GHz–14 convene the requirements of miniaturization. Never-
GHz with triple notched bands of [3.3-3.9 GHz], [5.25- theless, Many monopole antennas have been recently
5.86 GHz] and [6.7-7.7GHz]. A triple band notched reported in the literature have a large size [4], [7, 14],
characteristics and a good radiation patterns make the which may lead to a difficult task in miniaturizing the
proposed antenna a good candidate for the UWB antenna design. In addition, only a few works have also
applications. been proposed to reject multiple bands [11, 15], and the
majority of the existing antennas have single or dual
Index Terms CC.SRR, EBG Structure, monopole stop-band characteristics.
antenna, band rejection, equivalent circuit, UWB In this paper, a very compact UWB monopole
antenna. antenna with triple band-notched characteristics is
proposed and investigated. By inserting the CC.SRR on
I. INTRODUCTION the radiating element and using two EBG structures in
UWB technology has been growing rapidly due to the vicinity of the transmission line, triple band-notched
its advantages of high speed data rate, low power are created for WLAN/WLAN bands and X-band
consumption, high capacity, low cost, and low satellite. An equivalent circuit model is carried out to
complexity of wireless applications. Moreover, the understand the behavior of band notch. The component
UWB technology has a bandwidth of 7.5 GHz (from values of RLC circuits are determined using
3.1-10.6 GHz), which was declared from the US conventional circuit theory and optimization process.
Federal Communications Commission in 2002 [1]. To The design process has been performed by microwave
achieve UWB operation, a printed monopole antenna is studio CST. Details of the antenna design and the
an attractive candidate since it has small dimensions, VSWR and radiation pattern are presented and
the wider bandwidth, and stable radiation properties [2]. discussed.
However, there exist some narrow bands of the other
communication systems such as WiMAX, WLAN, and II.Antenna design and simulation
X-band, which are operating in the frequencies of 3.3– The geometry of triple band-notched UWB
3.7, 5.15–5.825, and 7.25–7.75 GHz, respectively. monopole antenna fed by a 50- microstrip line is
presented in Fig 1. A patch is implemented on an FR4
substrate with a thickness of 1.63 mm, a relative
permittivity of 4.3, and a loss tangent of 0.0017. From
Fig 1, the antenna has compact dimensions of 18× 20.9
mm2. The monopole antenna structure consists of
overlapped of rectangular shape and circular shape
patches to form a radiating element, on the other side of
the substrate, a partial rectangular ground plane is
joined with an extra invert-L shaped strip. In order to Fig.2. Antenna design process
achieve triple band-notched for WLAN/WiMAX and
X-band, a triangle of complementary co-directional Antenna A is a radiating monopole antenna fed by
split ring resonator (CC.SRR) engraved on the radiating microstrip line; in Antenna B, the CC.SRR engraved in
element is used and two modified mushrooms-like EBG the middle of the patch; Antenna C includes two
structures introduced symmetrically in the vicinity of modified mushrooms-like EBG structures which are
feed line of the radiating element. The optimized values located symmetrically on both sides of the microstrip
of proposed antenna design parameters are labeled in feed line above the ground plane. Fig.3 presents the
Fig 1 and and listed in Table 1 . simulated VSWR characteristics for three designed
prototypes of the proposed antennas.
f = ( )( )
(2)
( )
C = cosh (3)
L= h (4)
(b)
Fig.5. (a)A unit cell of EBG,(b)Dispersion brillouin
diagram of the modified mushroom-like EBG structure
(b)
Fig.4. (a) EBG structure in vicinity of microstrip line
and, (b) equivalent resonant circuit of unit EBG cell.
VSWR
inductance related to via increases as illustrated in the
equivalent circuit of Fig. 4 (b).
(d)
Fig.7.Variation of VSWR with the variation of some
parameters of CC.SRR and EBG structures.
III.Equivalent circuit
VSWR
(b) Z = ( )
(5)
220
200
180 (b)
160 Fig.9.The L-C resonant circuit models of (a) Antenna
Real part of input impedance
60
= (6)
Imginary part of input impedance
40
20
BW = (7)
0 = (8)
-20
BW = (9)
-40
-60
-80
The components (Lsn,Csn,Rsn,Lpn,Cpn,Rpn) can be
calculated using the equations (6)- (9), the lumped
-100
components are optimized and tuned using ADS
-120
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 software to obtain the band notched characteristics as
Frequency ,GHz desired. The optimized values of the lumped element
(b) used in equivalent circuit model are given in Table 2.
Fig.8. The input impedance of the proposed antenna (a)
real and (b) imaginary part. Table 2: Calculated values of the lumped elements of
equivalent RLC circuit.
Elements Value Elements Value Elements Value
( ) (pf) (nH)
Rs1 7.7 Cs1 0.0265 Ls1 18.4
Rp1 925 Cp1 4.96 Lp1 8
Rs2 7.1 Cs2 4.96 Ls2 24.9
Rp2 2000 Cp2 0.034 Lp2 22
Rs3 34.16 Cs3 9 Ls3 24.45
Rp3 2002. Cp3 0.067 Lp3 0.27
2
(a)
Fig.10. Photograph of the fabricated prototype (a) Front
view (b) Bottom view
10
Simulated
Measured
8 Equivalent circuit
0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Frequency ,GHz
Fig.11. Measured and simulated VSWR for the
(b)
proposed antenna.
Antenna A
-5 Antenna C
59(2017), pp. 1326–1332.
[4] L.-C. Tsai, "A Ultrawideband Antenna with Dual-
Band Band-Notch Filters," Microwave and
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Optical Technology Letters vol. 59 (2017) ,pp.
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Patch Antenna Inspired by Reduced Ground
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Plane and CSRR Slot for Uwb Applications with
Frequency ,GHz
Notch Band," Microwave and Optical Technology
Fig. 13: The realized gain of proposed antenna with Letters, vol. 59, (2017).
comparison to the gain of antenna A. [6] K. M. Juin Acharjee a, Sujit Kumar Mandal and
Partha Pratim Sarkar "A compact printed
Table 3:Comparison of the proposed antenna monopole antenna with enhanced bandwidth and
performance with some of the earlier published. variable dual band notch for UWB applications,"
Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and
Refs Size substrate Notch bandwidth(GHz)
(mm2)
Applications, (2016) pp. 1980-1992.
[5] 20× 25 FR4 5-6 [7] G. K. S. Pandey, Hari Shankar Bharti, Pradutt
[3] 26 ×38.1 / 3-4,5-6 Kumar Meshram, Manoj Kumar, "Design and
[7] 37×40 / 3.2–3.8, 5.1–5.9 Analysis of -Shaped UWB Antenna with Dual
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Our 18×20.9 / 3.3 – 3.9, 5.25 – [8] W. J. a. W. Che, " A novel UWB antenna with
work 5.86,6.7-7.7 dual notched bands for WiMAX and WLAN
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[9] J. Z. Zhi-jun Tang, Zai-Fang Xi,Shi-Gang Wu,and
VI. Conclusion
Mu Li, "A Compact Triple Band-Notched UWB
A very compact monopole antenna with triple band
Printed Antenna with Multistep Patches Integrated
notched has been proposed and investigated for UWB
by Multitype Slots," Microwave and Optical
applications. The band notch characteristics are
Technology Letters vol. 59 (2017), pp. 270–275.
obtained by introducing CC.SRR on the radiating
[10] S. X. Ming-Chun Tang, Tianwei Deng, Duo
element and two EBG structures near the transmission
Wang, and B. W. Jian Guan, and Guang-Ding Ge,
line of the proposed antenna. The experimental results
"Compact UWB Antenna with Multiple Band-
show that the proposed antenna with a very compact
Notches for WiMAX and WLAN," IEEE
size of 18×20.9×1.63mm3 achieves UWB
Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol.
characteristics with triple notch bands for WiMAX
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(3.3–3.9 GHz), WLAN (5.25-5.86 GHz) and X-band
[11] W. Xiao, T. Mei, Y. Lan, Y. Wu, R. Xu, and Y.
(6.7-7.7 GHz). Moreover, the equivalent circuit of the
Xu, "Triple Band-Notched Uwb Monopole
proposed antenna was proposed and validated. The
Antenna on Ultra-Thin Liquid Crystal Polymer
performances of the proposed antenna prove that it is
Based on ESCSRR," Electronics Letters, vol. 53
suitable for UWB applications
(2017), pp. 57-58.
[12] Z. X. W. F. Xu, X. Chen, and X.-A. Wang,"Dual
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techniques including Defected Ground Structures
(DGS) and insertion of shorting pins.
Faiza Mouhouche was born in
Boumerdes, Algeria. She received
the Engineer and M.S degrees in
2005 and 2010 from National
Institute of Electricity and
Electronics of Boumerdes,Algeria,
respectively. She is currently
pursuing her PhD degree from the
same institute. She is a member team in the Research
of communication systems. Her research interests
include RF/microwaves, antennas and propagation.