In this article, a novel triple-band-modified three-circular-ring monopole antenna with a rectangular slot in the ground plane for wireless local area network (WLAN)/worldwide interoperability of microwave access (WiMAX) applications is proposed. The proposed antenna consists of two circular rings and one open-ended circular ring. Based on the concept, a prototype of the proposed triple-band antenna was designed, fabricated, and tested. The numerical and experimental results demonstrated that the proposed antenna satisfied the 210-dB return loss for impedance bandwidth requirement while simultaneously covering the WLAN and WiMAX bands. Furthermore, this article presents and discusses the two-dimensional radiation patterns and gains according to the results of the experiment. V C 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:625-631, 2014; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com.ABSTRACT: A novel compact ultra-wideband slot cut elliptical printed monopole antenna is proposed. The measured bandwidth (BW) from 1.6 GHz to more than 22 GHz (>170%) has been obtained. The gain, radiation efficiency and radiation patterns, over the entire BW, remain simi-lar to that of a printed elliptical monopole antenna with reasonable agreement between simulated and measured results. V C 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:631-635, 2014; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com.