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Abstract

This paper presents a theoretical investigation on the pulse preserving capabilities of the CPW-fed circular disk monopole antennas at the assistance of correlation factors. The distortions of the radiated signals, which are mainly caused by the bandwidth mismatch between the antennas and the source pulse, are alleviated by using suitable source pulse. The ringing and pulse-width spreading of the radiated signals caused by the energy-storage effects of the dielectric substrate are discussed in detail. Possible improvement solutions and an example are provided. The improvement of the correlation factors introduced by selecting suitable substrate parameters is about 7% on an average. With the physical insight and design example, the proposed solutions are expected to find applications in the design of printed UWB monopole antennas for better pulse preserving capabilities.

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