Ultra-wideband antenna

• US 7,061,442 B1
• Filed: 05/28/2005
• Issued: 06/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Wong, Kin-Lu, Su, Saou-Wen, Tang, Chia-Lun, Lin, Yuan-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAN, THO GIA
• Application Number:
  US11/140,060
• Time in Patent Office: 381 Days
• Field of Search: 343/767, 343/770
• US Class Current: 343/767
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/10 Resonant slot antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/28 Arrangements for establishing polarisation or beam width over two or more different wavebands
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/40 Element having extended radiating surface

Abstract

An ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna is provided. It comprises a dielectric substrate, a ground plate, a metal plate, and a transmission line. The ground plate formed on the dielectric substrate has a first slot thereon. The metal plate formed on the dielectric substrate has a feed-point and a second slot thereon. The total length of the second slot is about a half-wavelength at the desired notched frequency for the UWB antenna. By embedding the second slot of a suitable length on the metal plate resided in the first slot, a band notched characteristic is achieved for the antenna in the 5 GHz band, thereby overcoming the problem of signal interference with the UWB operations. The disclosed antenna and the circuitry for the antenna system are easily integrated. With the simple structure, the fabrication cost for the antenna is also reduced.

Claims

1. An ultra-wideband antenna comprising:

a dielectric substrate having a first surface and a second surface;

a ground plate having a first slot formed on top of said dielectric substrate;

a metal plate having a feed-point and a second slot formed on top of said dielectric substrate, said second slot having a total length about a half-wavelength at the center frequency of a notched frequency band of said antenna; and

a transmission line including a signal wire and a feed-line ground unit connected to said feed-point and said ground plate respectively.

2. The ultra-wideband antenna according to claim 1, wherein said ground plate and said metal plate are located on said first surface, and said metal plate is located inside said first slot.

3. The ultra-wideband antenna according to claim 2, wherein said transmission line is located on said first surface, said feed-line ground unit includes a first feed-line ground unit and a second feed-line ground unit located at the two sides of said signal wire both of which have a matching width as said signal wire'"'"'s length and are connected to said ground plate of said antenna.

4. The ultra-wideband antenna according to claim 3, wherein said transmission line is a co-planar waveguide feed-line.

5. The ultra-wideband antenna according to claim 2, wherein said ground plate further includes a ground point, said feed-line ground unit is formed outside of said signal wire and connected to said ground point, and said signal wire is connected to said feed-point.

6. The ultra-wideband antenna according to claim 5, wherein said transmission line is a coaxial feed-line.

7. The ultra-wideband antenna according to claim 1, wherein said ground plate is located on said second surface, said metal plate is located on said first surface within a region corresponding to the inside of said first slot, said signal wire is located on first surface, said feed-line ground unit is located on said second surface within a region corresponding to the outside of said first slot, said feed-line ground unit has a matching width as said signal wire'"'"'s length, and is electrically connected to said ground plate, a portion of said feed-line ground unit is overlapped with said signal wire.

8. The ultra-wideband antenna according to claim 7, wherein said transmission line is a microstrip feed-line.

9. The ultra-wideband antenna according to claim 1, wherein the shape of said second slot includes U shape, inverted-U shape, and arc shape.

10. The ultra-wideband antenna according to claim 1, wherein the shape of said first slot includes square, rectangle, ellipse, semi-circle, and polygon.

11. The ultra-wideband antenna according to claim 1, wherein the shape of said metal includes square, rectangle, ellipse, semi-circle, and polygon.