A printed ultra‐wideband diversity monopole antenna

A novel ultra-wideband (UWB) diversity monopole antenna printed on a personal computer memory card international association (PCMCIA) network card is presented. The antenna consists of two truncated square monopoles orthogonally and symmetrically printed on the two sides of a T-shaped protruded ground plane, and is capable of operating in a very wide bandwidth, defined by a 10-dB return loss, of about 5.4 GHz (about 2.3–7.7 GHz). In addition, across the operating bandwidth, the antenna also shows good port isolation (S21 < −20 dB) and can provide spatial diversity for the obtained radiation patterns of the two truncated square monopoles which substantially cover complementary space regions. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 38: 257–259, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.11031