Applied Sciences (May 2019)

A Low-Profile Wideband Monocone Antenna Using Bent Shorting Strips

  • Kyo-Seung Keum,
  • Young-Mi Park,
  • Jae-Hoon Choi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/app9091896
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 9
p. 1896

Abstract

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A low-profile wideband monocone antenna with bent shorting strips, and parasitic and circular sleeves is proposed. By loading the bent shorting strips, parasitic sleeves, and circular sleeves, miniaturization of the antenna is achieved. Along with bent shorting strips from the monocone hat to the ground plane, parasitic sleeves, and circular sleeves are mounted to enhance the impedance bandwidth. From the experimental results, the −10 dB reflection coefficient bandwidth of the proposed antenna ranges from 810 MHz to 5340 MHz. In addition to the wide bandwidth characteristics, the proposed antenna has highly desirable omnidirectional radiation properties for wireless communication systems.

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