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Abstract

In this paper, a novel printed monopole antenna for ultra wideband applications with variable frequency band-notch characteristic is presented. The proposed antenna consists of a stepped square radiating patch with modified W-shaped slot and a ground plane with rectangular sleeve and pair of L-shaped resonator which provides a wide usable fractional bandwidth of more than 130% (3.05-14.7 GHz). By cutting a modified W-shaped slot with variable dimensions on the radiating patch frequency band-stop performance is generated and we can control its characteristics such as band-notch frequency and its bandwidth. The designed antenna has a small size of 12×18 mm² while showing the band rejection performance in the frequency band of 5.08 to 5.91 GHz.

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Dr. Shahabodin Yazdanifard

Dr. Ramezan Sadeghzadeh

Dr. Mouhammad Ojaroudi