| Broadband planar radiators are an important area of current research as the number of mobile devices grows and platforms communicate over a growing number of communication standards. Broadband antennas decrease the number of radiators required to communicate over multiple bands of operation, which reduces the required area the device occupies.;The goal of this work is to develop a set of design rules that will allow one to optimize an existing antenna for return loss across a wideband area, while maintaining the original radiation pattern. Using this approach, an antenna with a broadband radiation pattern can have its return loss improved, producing an antenna with attractive qualities in both areas. The design rules will then be proved through the development of a broadband planar aperture bowtie antenna. |
