Characteristics of a microstrip-fed miniature printed Hilbert slot antenna

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 56, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-18

  Sayem, A T M ^a   Ali, M ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846597673     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER05041801     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Chu, L. J., "Physical limitations on omni-directional antennas," J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 19, 1163-1175, Dec. 1948.
2. Fenwick, R., "A new class of electrically small antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagat., Vol. 13, Issue 3, 379-383, May 1965.
3. Wheeler, H. A., "Small antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., Vol. AP-23, 462-469, July 1975.
4. Hansen, R.C., "Fundamental limitations of small antennas," Proc. IEEE, Vol. 69, 170-182, Feb. 1981.
5. McLean, J. S., "A reexamination of the fundamental limits on the radiation Q of electrically small antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., Vol. 44, No. 5, 672-676, May 1996.
6. Thiele, G. A., P. L. Detweiler, and R. P. Penno, "On the lower bound of the radiation Q for electrically small antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., Vol. 51, No. 6, 1263-1269, June 2003.
7. Nakano, H., H. Tagami, A. Yoshizawa, and J. Yamauchi, "Shortening ratios of modified dipoles," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., Vol. AP-32, No. 4, 385-387, Apr. 1984.
8. Rashed, J. and C. T. Tai, "A new class of resonant antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., Vol. 39, No. 9, 1428-1430, Sept. 1991.
9. Ali, M., S. S. Stuchly, and K. Caputa, "Characteristics of bent wire antennas," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 9, No. 9, 1149-1162, 1995.
10. Ali, M., S. S. Stuchly, and K. Caputa, "A wide-band dual meander-sleeve antenna," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 10, No. 9, 1223-1236, 1996.
11. Baliarda, C. P., J. Romeu, and A. Cardama, "The Koch monopole: A small fractal antenna," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagat., Vol. 48, No. 11, 1773-1781, November 2000.
12. Ali, M., M. Okoniewski, and S. S. Stuchly, "Study of a printed meander antenna using the FDTD method," Microwave Opt. Technol. Lett., Vol. 37, 440-444, June 2003.
13. Ali, M., G. J. Hayes, H.-S. Hwang, and R. A. Sadler, "Design of a multi-band internal antenna for third generation mobile phone handsets," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagat., Vol. 51, No. 7, 1452-1461, July 2003.
14. Petko, J. S. and D. H. Werner, "Miniature reconfigurable three-d imensional fractal tree antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagat., Vol. 52, No. 8, 1945-1956, August 2004.
15. Gianvittorio, J. P. and Y. Rahmat-Samii, "Fractal antennas: A novel antenna miniaturization technique, and applications," IEEE Ant. and Propag. Magazine, Vol. 44, No. 1, 20-36, February 2002.
16. Best, S. R. and J. D. Morrow, "The effectiveness of space-filling fractal geometry in lowering resonant frequency," IEEE Antennas Wireless Propagat. Lett., Vol. 1, Issue 5, 112-115, 2002.
17. Best, S. R., "A comparison of the resonant properties of small space-filling fractal antennas," IEEE Antennas Wireless Propagat. Lett., Vol. 2, Issue 13, 197-200, 2003.
18. Gelman, Y., E. B. Ari, and R. Shavit, "Multi-band bowtie antenna based on fractal geometry," Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp., Vol. 4, 3441-3444, Monterey, CA, June 2004.
19. Dehkhoda, P. and A. Tavakoli, "Circularly polarized microstrip fractal antennas," Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp., Vol. 4, 3453-3456, Montery, CA, June 2004.
20. Lule, E., T. Babij, and TimeDerivative, Inc., "Koch island fractal ultra wideband dipole antenna," Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp., Vol. 3, 2516-2519, Monterey, CA, June 2004.
21. Li, X., X. X. Yin, T. J. Cui, and W. Hong, "A new version of printed Sierpinski multiband fractal antenna," Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp., Vol. 4, 3457-3460, Monterey, CA, June 2004.
22. Vinoy, K. J., K. A. Jose, V. K. Varadan, and V. V. Varadan, "Hubert curve fractal antenna: A small resonant antenna for VHF/UHF applications," Microwave Opt. Technol. Lett., Vol. 29, No. 4, 215-219, May 2001.
23. Romeu, J. and S. Blanch, "A three dimensional Hubert antenna," Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp., Vol. 4, 550-553, San Antonio, TX, June 2002.
24. Anguera, J., C. Puente, and J. Soler, "Miniature monopole antenna based on the fractal Hubert curve," Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp., Vol. 4, 546-549, San Antonio, TX, June 2002.
25. Chen, X., S. S. Naeini, and Y. Liu, "A down sized printed Hubert antenna for UHF band," Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp., Vol. 2, 581-584, Columbus, OH, June 2003.
26. Zhu, J., A. Hoorfar, and N. Engheta, "Bandwidth, cross-polarization, and feed-point characteristics of matched Hubert antennas," IEEE Antennas Wireless Propagat. Lett., Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2-5, 2003.
27. Sayem, A. T. M., M. Ali, and H. S. Hwang, "Miniaturized dual-band Hubert slot antenna for wireless application," Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp., Vol. 3, 3119-3122, Monterey, CA, June 2004.
28. Azad, M. Z. and M. Ali, "A compact Hubert planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) for dual-band mobile phone applications," Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp., Vol. 3, 3127-3130, Monterey, CA, June 2004.
29. Ansoft HFSS, version 9.0, Ansoft Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA.
30. Janaswamy, R. and D. H. Schaubert, "Characteristic impedance of a wide slotline on low-permittivity substrates," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., Vol. MTT-34, 900-902, Aug. 1986.