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Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANS)
Submission Title: [CRL-UWB Consortium – Ultra Wideband Printed Bow-Tie Antenna]
Date Submitted: [September 2003]
Source: [Kamya Yekeh Yazdandoost, Ryuji Kohno] Company [(1) Communications
Research Laboratory (CRL), (2) CRL-UWB Consortium]
Connector’s Address [3-4, Hikarino-oka, Yokusuka, 239-0847, Japan]
Voice: [+81-56-847-5435], FAX: [+81-46-847-5431]
E-mail: [yazdandoost@crl.go.jp, kohno@crl.go.jp]
Re: [IEEE P802.15 Alternative PHY Call for Proposals, IEEE P802.15-02/327r7]
Abstract: [This presentation is Introduction to the Printed Bow-Tie Antenna for UWB system.]
Purpose: [Antenna for 802.15.TG3a]
Notice: [This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. It is offered as a basis for
discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material
in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s)
reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein.]
Release: [The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property
of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P802.15.]

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ULTRA WIDEBAND PRINTED BOW-TIE

ANTENNA

Kamya Yekeh Yazdandoost

Communications Research Laboratory (CRL)
& CRL-UWB Consortium
Ryuji Kohno
Director, UWB Technology Institute, CRL
Professor, Yokohama National University
Chair, CRL-UWB Consortium

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Presentation Overview
• Introduction
• Patch Antenna
• Printed Bow-Tie Antenna
• UWB Antenna Design Challenge
• UWB Printed Bow-Tie Antenna
• Wideband Mechanism of Printed Bow-Tie Antenna
• Results
• Conclusions

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Introduction

• Antenna performance and size have a large impact

on the development of wireless system.
• It is more complicated to provide the typical param
eters like Bandwidth, Efficiency, and Gain within t
he limited antenna volume.
• This is more critical with respect to the UWB Ante
nna.

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Patch Antenna
Patch antennas are extensively used in different
wireless applications due to:
• Low profile
• Light weight
• Easy to fabricate
• Low cost

The major drawback is narrow bandwidth

Because of it limited bandwidth, several designs of
broadband patch antenna have been reported

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Printed Bow-Tie Antenna

Patch

Feed Point

Patch Top-View

Substrate

Ground Plane
Side-view

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UWB Antenna Design Challenge

• Compact size while providing acceptable:
1- VSWR
2- Bandwidth
3- Gain
4- Efficiency
• Omni-directional pattern
• To be suitable for on chip design, with good impedance
matching
• Light weight
• Low cost

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UWB Printed Bow-Tie Antenna

Patch Patch

Patch Patch

Substrate

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Wideband Mechanism of Printed Bow-Tie

Antenna

L L

C C

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Results
Magnitude of VSWR
VSWR

Frequency (GHz)

VSWR< 3 (3.8 to 10.6GHz)

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Results
S11
Magnitude of Scattering Matrix (dB)

Frequency (GHz)

S11< -6 dB (3.8 to 10.6GHz)

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Results
Gain
Magnitude of Gain (dBi)

Frequency (GHz)

Gain > 2 dBi (3 to 10.6GHz)

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Results
Radiation Pattern

(a) (b)

Radiation patterns in (a) φ = 0o and (b) φ = 90o for

the proposed antenna at 3.1 GHz.

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Results
Radiation Pattern (Cont.)

(a) (b)

Radiation patterns in (a) φ = 0o and (b) φ = 90o for the

proposed antenna at 5.1 GHz.

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Results
Radiation Pattern (Cont.)

(a) (b)

Radiation patterns in (a) φ = 0o and (b) φ = 90o for the

proposed antenna at 7.1 GHz.

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Results
Radiation Pattern (Cont.)

(a) (b)

Radiation patterns in (a) φ = 0o and (b) φ = 90o for the

proposed antenna at 9.1 GHz.

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Conclusions

 A thin and small antennas on FR-4 substrate

 Good radiation patterns for wireless devices

 Satisfied the required bandwidth for UWB systems

 Greater than 2 dBi gain was shown to be achievable over

the frequency range

 Easy to design for on chip device

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