A coplanar waveguide-fed flexible antenna for ultra-wideband applications

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Zhang, Ying [1 ]
Li, Shandong [2 ]
Yang, Zhi-Qun [3 ]
Qu, Xiao-Yun [3 ]
Zong, Wei-Hua [1 ]
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[1] Zhang, Ying
[2] Li, Shandong
[3] Yang, Zhi-Qun
[4] Qu, Xiao-Yun
[5] Zong, Wei-Hua
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Zong, Wei-Hua (weihuazong@126.com) | 1600年 / John Wiley and Sons Inc, Postfach 10 11 61, 69451 Weinheim, Boschstrabe 12, 69469 Weinheim, Deutschland, 69469, Germany卷 / 30期
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Microwave antennas - Ultra-wideband (UWB) - Microstrip antennas - Printed circuit boards - Bandwidth - Etching - Antenna feeders - Antenna grounds - Directional patterns (antenna) - Omnidirectional antennas - Slot antennas;
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This paper presents a novel ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna printed on a 70 μm thick flexible substrate. The proposed antenna consists of a hybrid-shaped patch fed by coplanar waveguide (CPW). The ground planes on opposite sides of the feeding line have different height to improve antenna bandwidth. Simulation shows that the proposed antenna maintain wide bandwidth when changing its substrate's thickness and dielectric constant, as well as bending the antenna on a cylindrical foam. The proposed antenna is fabricated in laboratory with a simple and low-cost wet printed circuit board (PCB) etching technique. Measured bandwidths cover 3.06 to 13.58, 2.8 to 13.55, and 3.1 to 12.8 GHz in cases of flat state and bent with radii of 20 and 10 mm, respectively. Measured radiation patterns show the antenna is omnidirectional in flat and bent cases. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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