Nowadays, the increasing use of wideband technologies is the most evident in the field of telecommunications and remote sensing. The demands for such applications have brought about the development of antennas which can operate in broad frequency spectrum.
In 2002, the UWB (ultra-wideband) standard in the range between 3.1 GHz and 10.6 GHz was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Production of antenna for this frequency range was the main goal of this work.
This work focuses on an explanation of the planar antennas with exponential tapers and an investigation of their properties. Furthermore, following the computer simulation environment presented along with the antenna model, the simulation results and the measurement of the optimized antenna are given. The scope of this work includes the concept, simulations, production and the measurements of the proposed antenna. The most suitable prototype of the antenna is then used in the antenna array with two elements whose connection is established with the Wilkinson power divider.
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