학술논문

Circular dipole antennas for lower and upper UWB bands with integrated balun
Document Type
Conference
Source
2009 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband Ultra-Wideband, 2009. ICUWB 2009. IEEE International Conference on. :658-663 Sep, 2009
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Dipole antennas
Ultra wideband antennas
Impedance matching
Flexible printed circuits
Frequency
Ultra wideband technology
Europe
Integrated circuit interconnections
Microstrip components
Law
Balun
broadside-coupled
circular
dipole antenna
UWB
Ultra-wideband
Language
ISSN
2162-6588
2162-6596
Abstract
Two fully integrated dipole antennas with balun for ultra-wideband (UWB) radio utilizing a flexible and rigid printed circuit board are presented in this paper. The concept in this paper is to take advantage of the respective possibilities of the rigid and the flexible part. The balun utilizes broadside-coupled microstrips and is integrated in the rigid part of the printed circuit board, while the radiator is placed in the flexible part. The lower UWB band antenna with the balun covers the frequency-band 3.1–4.8 GHz (with margin) at VSWR≪2.0. The upper UWB band antenna with the balun covers the frequency-band 6.0–8.5 GHz (with margin) at VSWR≪2.0, and 5.5–11.0 GHz at VSWR≪2.5.