A NOVEL COMPACT UWB ANTENNA WITH 3.5/5.2/5.8 GHz TRIPLE BAND-NOTCHED CHARACTERISTICS

A novel compact fork-shaped ultrawideband (UWB) antenna with triple band-notched characteristics is proposed. By embedding a spade-shaped slot on the radiating patch as well as adding a separated strip and a C-shaped resonating structure on the front side of the reference UWB antenna, the triple notched frequency bands are realized. The measured impedance bandwidth defined by VSWR < 2 of 7.8 GHz (3–10.8GHz), with the triple notched bands of 3.3–3.7 GHz, 5.15–5.4GHz, and 5.7–5.9 GHz, are obtained. The proposed antenna with an overall dimension of only 24×30mm2 is successfully simulated, designed and measured, showing broadband matched impedance and stable radiation patterns.