Ultra-Wideband Monocone Antenna for UWB Channel Measurements

A new version of well known monocone (1), (2) has been designed in ord er to comply with existing (FCC) and future regulations for Ultra-wideband (UWB) communications. This radiator is also intended to be used for channel measurements involving antenna properties close to the real application. Being both strongly frequency independent and omni-directional, this antenna has a quite stable main lobe on a 111 % fractional bandwidth. In addition a very low dispersion ensures the respect of the radiated waveform.