Microstrip-fed printed lotus antenna for wideband wireless communication systems

A novel printed antenna, fed by a microstrip line, has been designed for wideband wireless communication systems. The new antenna shows a wide -10dB bandwidth of over 60%. In addition to being small in size, the antenna exhibits stable far-field radiation characteristics in the entire operating band with relatively high gain, low cross polarization, wide beamwidth, and good front-to-back ratio.