Slot loaded UWB antenna: Dual band notched characteristics

This paper introduces a slot loaded CPW feed ultrawideband (UWB) printed monopole antenna (PMA) with dual band-notched characteristics. The antenna uses three rectangular slots to create dual band-notched characteristics in 5.15–5.82 GHz for WLAN, and 7.25–8.39 GHz for uplink and downlink of X-band satellite communication systems, respectively. The proposed antenna has the novel suitability to utilize it for both uplink and downlink satellite communication band notching applications. The proposed UWB antenna has a compact size of 26 × 30 mm2 and it operates over 3.15 to 10.63 GHz with VSWR < 2. Details of the proposed antenna have been presented along with measured and simulated results.