 This paper presents emPiCASSO, a powerful electromagnetic CAD tool that provides an integrated environment for analysis, synthesis and optimization of multilayer printed antenna arrays. emPiCASSO has been built on an object-oriented foundation that allows for a systematic integration of preprocessing, processing and post-processing utilities of the CAD software. As a result, it offers a host ...

In this paper, we propose a novel microstrip antenna for operating over a three frequency bands, covering the 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN and 2.5/3.5/5.5GHz WiMAX bands. The proposed antenna occupies an area of 30 mm  40mm, when printed on FR4 substrate (εr=4.4, h=0.8mm). The antenna comprises of a triangular patch section, L-shaped parasitic elements on the edges of triangular patch and a 50Ω micros...

A planar monopole antenna suitable for broadband wireless communication is designed and developed. With the use of a truncated ground plane, the proposed printed monopole antenna offers nearly 60% 2:1 VSWR bandwidth and good radiation characteristics for the frequencies across the operating band. A parametric study of the antenna is performed based on the optimized design, and a prototype of th...

In this paper, an active integrated antenna (AIA) system is proposed for mobile and wireless communication devices. The AIA system consists of a microstrip patch antenna and a low noise amplifier (LNA), which are integrated together with a matching circuit and printed on an FR4 PCB circuit board. The system is designed, analyzed, and optimized by targeting to satisfy the design specifications f...

This report are described the versions and the synthesis results of new designs of electrically small antenna based on ant colony optimization algorithms. To study the parameters of the frame and non-loopback vibrators MMANA package was used. Geometric forms that were obtained might be used as contour lines of printed, slot antenna or as forming surface of the crystal dielectric resonator anten...

A simple electromagnetically coupled broadband printed microstrip antenna suitable for multifunctional wireless communication bands is presented. V-slots and corner notches are employed in a rectangular patch to achieve broadband operation. The proposed antenna has a 2 : 1 VSWR bandwidth of 51% from 3.75 GHz to 6.33GHz. The simulated and measured reflection characteristics of the antenna along ...

We describe here the design and characteristics of several printed reconfigurable antennas. Firstly a new concept of frequency-tunable antenna is presented. This configuration enables one to tune the resonant frequency over a 2:1 frequency band. Numerical and experimental results are given in the 24GHz – 50GHz band for passive prototypes, and from 10GHz to 21GHz for active prototypes. Secondly,...

We investigate uniformly-wound helical antennas above ground conductors of various shapes, with aim to determine factors that improve the antenna radiation pattern and gain. We show that the characteristics of helical antennas with large spillover fields can be improved using ground conductors (reflectors). This is achieved by intercepting unwanted radiation and redirecting it favorably.

Abstract—In this paper, ultra-wideband and miniaturization, technique for the microstrip monopole patch antenna (MMPA) in wireless applications is presented. Ultra-wideband was achieved by using printed modified ground plane on a dielectric substrate with 50Ω microstrip feed line. This technique allows the bandwidth of the MMPA to be ultra-wideband with satisfactory radiation properties and red...