Compact Elliptical Monopole Antenna With Impedance Bandwidth in Excess of 21:1

A compact CPW-fed monopole antenna composed of an elliptical monopole patch and a coplanar trapeziform ground plane is introduced. The simulated and experimental results demonstrate that this antenna achieves a ratio impedance bandwidth of 21.6:1 for VSWR les 2, and exhibits a nearly omnidirectional radiation pattern, while its area is only about 0.19 lambda
₁
times 0.16 lambda
₁
where lambda
₁
is the wavelength of the lowest operating frequency. By comparing with various designs, it is shown that its bandwidth broadening comes from three factors: the optimum elliptical monopole shape, a trapeziform ground plane and a tapered CPW feeder.