Design of a uniplanar printed triple band-rejected ultra-wideband antenna using particle swarm optimisation and the firefly algorithm

A compact planar monopole antenna is proposed for ultra-wideband applications. The antenna has a microstrip line feed and band-rejected characteristics and consists of a ring patch and a partial ground plane with a defective ground structure of rectangular shape. An annular strip is etched above the radiating element and two slots, one C-shaped and one arc-shaped, are embedded in the radiating patch. The proposed antenna has been optimised using bio-inspired algorithms such as the particle swarm optimisation and the firefly algorithm, based on a new software algorithm (Antenna Optimizer). Multi-objective optimisation achieves rejection bands at 3.3-3.7 GHz for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, 5.15-5.825 GHz for the 802.11a wireless local area network system or HIPERLAN/2, and 7.25-7.745 GHz for C-band satellite communication systems. Validated results show wideband performance from 2.7 to 10.6 GHz with S 11 <; -10 dB. The antenna has compact dimensions of 28 × 30 mm 2 . The radiation pattern is comparatively stable across the operating band with a relatively stable gain except in the notched bands.

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