Design of UWB microstrip patch antenna with variable band notched characteristic for WiMAX application

• Main Authors: Mahfuz, M. M. Hasan, Soliman, Md Mohiuddin, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, Sakib, Nazmus, Abdul Malek, Norun
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: IEEE 2020
• Subjects: TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/84231/2/Certificate%20-%201570648662.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/84231/4/Conference%20Schedule%20%282020%20SCOReD%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/84231/26/84231_Design%20of%20UWB%20Microstrip%20Patch%20Antenna.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/84231/25/84231_Design%20of%20UWB%20Microstrip%20Patch%20Antenna%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/84231/; https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9250947
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Microstrip patch antenna (MPA) having Ultra-Wide Band characteristics is a worthy applicant in wireless communications. Mitigating EMI with the narrowband such as 5G lower band, Wi-MAX, WLAN, Satellite band lies in UWB region is a major research concern. This paper presents an UWB antenna containing variable band rejection for avoiding interference with Wi-MAX application. A simple rectangle patch antenna with defective ground structure is used to design UWB characteristics operating from 2.7 GHz – 13 GHz. Band rejections from 3.25 GHz to 3.8 GHz are obtained by utilizing semi-circular slot on radiating patch. Variable band rejection characteristic can be achieved in between 2.75 GHz – 4.4 GHz through altering the value of width of patch. The return loss and VSWR values over the band rejection frequency are close to 0 dB and greater than 2 respectively. In addition, the proposed UWB antenna obtained 85% radiation efficiency over the operating frequency, on the other hand, less than 53% radiation efficiency achieved over band rejection frequency. The proposed antenna is simple in design, compact in size, and efficient in radiation. Hence it is a good candidate on UWB antenna with band notch characteristic for Wi-MAX application.