Abstract—A novel single element KSA (Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia) sign shape, and two element array (Ultra Wide Band)
KSA sign shape slot microstrip antennas are presented. A
novel KSA sign shape EBG cells are applied to reduce the
mutual coupling between array elements with the same shape.
The results show that a reduction in mutual coupling of 8 dB is
achieved at first band (2.1 - 2.99) GHz and 33 dB at second
band (5 – 9.43) GHz. The microstrip array was studied by CST
simulator and fabricated by proto laser machine with precision
25μm. The antenna can be used in the military or RFID
applications.
Index Terms—Microstrip patch antenna, mutual coupling,
EBG, KSA sign shape.
Mohamed Ismail Ahmed is with the Electronics Research Institute and
he is also with the Microstrip Department, Cairo, Egypt (e-mail:
miahmed@eri.sci.eg)
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Cite: Mohamed I. Ahmed, A. A. Sebak, Esmat A. Abdallah, and Hadia M. Elhennawy, "UWB KSA Sign Shape Slot Microstrip Antenna Array
Mutual Coupling Reduction for Official Applications," International Journal of Engineering and Technology vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 513-519, 2014.
