A compact balanced antipodal bow-tie antenna having double notch-bands

A balanced antipodal bow-tie antenna is presented for ultrawideband (UWB) applications. Bandwidth enhancement and size reduction are achieved by introducing staircase edging to the peripheral of the patch radiator, and by tapering the microstrip feed balun to generate balanced currents on each branc...

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Main Authors: Dadgarpour, Abdolmehdi, Jolani, Farid, Yu, Yiqiang, Chen, Zhizhang, Virdee, Bal Singh, Denidni, Tayeb A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1189/1/A%20Compact%20Balanced%20Antipodal%20Bow-Tie.pdf