Design of a Novel Planar Monopole Antenna for UWB Applications with Dual Band Notch Characteristic and Evaluating using Analytical Hierarchy Process

In this article, a novel compact planar ultra–wideband (UWB) monopole antenna with dual band-notched characteristics is proposed. Two notched frequency bands are achieved by using a novel inverted V-shaped stub and a pair of novel L-shaped parasitic strips around the radiation patch. Two notched frequency bands are obtained in the WiMAX (3.3-3.6 GHz) and WLAN (5.15-5.85 GHz). Simulated and measured results show that proposed antenna could operate from 2.14 to11 GHz (135%), defined by voltage standing wave ratio VSWR