An Ultrawideband Diversity Antenna

A compact diversity antenna operating at an ultrawideband (UWB) frequency range of 3.1-5 GHz is proposed for use in portable devices. The antenna printed on a printed circuit board (PCB) slab consists of two notched triangular radiating elements with two feeding ports. A ground plane is etched on the reverse side of the PCB. The shape of the ground plane is optimized to improve the isolation between the ports as well as impedance matching. The simulated and measured results show that across the operating bandwidth, the antenna can achieve a broad impedance bandwidth with good performance in terms of isolation of < -20 dB, average gain of > -2 dBi, and efficiency of > 70%. The correlation between the radiation patterns shows consistent diversity performance across the UWB bandwidth. A method to derive thetransfer function of the antenna has been proposed, which can be used to obtain the radiated pulses in the time domain. Furthermore, a parametric study is conducted to provide antenna engineers with useful information for designing and optimizing the antenna.

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