Design and use of Antennas for UltraWideband and Narrowband systems

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Design and use of Antennas for Ultra-Wideband and
Narrowband systems

• Griogair Whyte
• Ultrafast Systems Group
• Glasgow University
• G.Whyte_at_elec.gla.ac.uk
• Supervisors Iain Thayne and Edward Wasige

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Outline

• Why do you need antennas?
• Narrowband Antenna and System
• Ultra-wideband Antennas
• Future Plans

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Antennas

• Saving power through
• Good design
• Efficiency
• Gain
• Matching
• Reducing Noise

Same Data
Data
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Narrowband Antennas

• Easy to design
• Been around for ages
• Theory established

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Block Diagram of test system

• Narrowband basic test system block diagram

Spectrum Analyser
Signal Generator
Antenna
Mixer
Antenna
Mixer
Local Oscillator
Local Oscillator
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Narrowband System
Spectrum Analyser
Local Oscillators
Antennas
Signal Generator
Mixers