Research Article

Wideband Printed Antenna Design Using a Shape Blending Algorithm

Table 1

Bandwidth comparison for various t values.

t valueFrequency range (GHz)Absolute bandwidth (GHz)fc (GHz)Fractional bandwidth

02.42–6.74.284.5693.86%
0.32.37–7.795.425.08106.7%
0.62.42–8.365.945.39110.20%
12.45–8.86.355.625112.89%
1.32.48–12.129.647.3132.05%
1.62.56–11.378.816.965126.49%
1.92.57–10.628.056.595122.06%