A Novel Compact UWB Monopole Antenna with Bluetooth and Triple Notch Band

A novel technique to add an extra Bluetooth band and triple notch bands simultaneously to a compact ultra-wideband (UWB) monopole antenna is presented. This scissors-shaped UWB antenna, covering 2.9 GHz-12.5 GHz, is fed by a special microstrip line. To create an extra Bluetooth band centered at 2.45 GHz, an arc-shaped stub is attached to the high concentrated current area right of the feed line and a rectangular slot is etched in the radiation patch. Besides, a notch band for WLAN (5.6 GHz-6.15 GHz) is also obtained. In addition, by connecting two asymmetric stubs to the feed line, two other notch bands in 3.28 GHz-3.8 GHz for WiMAX and 7.1 GHz-7.76 GHz for downlink of X-band satellite communication systems are achieved. The proposed antenna with compact size of 20 mm x 26 mm is fabricated and measured, showing stable antenna gain and good omni-directional radiation patterns in H-plane.