Compact band-notched ultra-wideband antenna with parasitic elements

A compact band-notched ultra-wideband antenna with parasitic elements having small dimensions (12.7 x 21.6 x 1.6 mm) is proposed. With the use of a modified half-circular patch and half-wavelength parasitic lines, the proposed antenna has very wide impedance bandwidth measured at 8.6 GHz. By placing a parasitic loop, a band-notched frequency of 5.16 to 5.98 GHz is achieved. The group delay and transmission loss are measured and discussed.