Design of CPW‐fed monopole UWB antenna with a novel notched ground

A novel CPW-fed monopole UWB antenna is presented in this article. To increase the impedance bandwidth, a notched ground is introduced. The parameters and the characteristics of the antenna are given. The optimized antenna presents 3.8:1 ratio bandwidth and 116.7% impedance bandwidth for VSWR less than 2. Simulations and measurements are presented for the proposed antenna. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 88–91, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24013