A new type of ultra-wideband (UWB) printed monopole antennas is presented, which is composed of a circular or annular patch and a trapezfform ground plane with a tapered CPW feeder in the middle. Both simulated and experimental results are presented, showing good agreement and therefore verifying validity of the design. The proposed antenna with a circular monopole patch achieves an 11.6: I measured ratio bandwidth of VSWR ~< 2 ( from 0.79 GHz to 9.16 GHz ), while that with an annular patch obtains a measured ratio impedance bandwidth of 10.6:1 (from 0.87 GHz to 9.47 GHz). In addition, these designs exhibit nearly omnidirectional radiation patterns with simple compact structures, which are attkactive in communications and others UWB applications.
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