Researchers develop world’s smallest antenna
08 Apr 2013
Researchers professor Srikanta Pal and his research scholar Mrinmoy Chakraborty claim to have invented the world's smallest super compact ultra-wideband (UWB) planar antenna for homes, military applications and other domains.
Chakraborty, a PhD student at BIT-Mesra said their antenna was the worlds' smallest at 14 mm X 11 mm, with much more than a 10:1 bandwidth."
According to the researchers, the UWB technology brought mobility of wireless communications with high data rates, adding that the technology was designed for short range, wireless personal area networks (WPANs), with the objective of freeing people from wires.
They developed the antenna which is cheap, with the objective of reducing the size so that it could be pasted on any curved surface.
According to Pal, an honorary research fellow at the Birmingham University in UK from 2010-2014 for his work in radio astronomy, the material used for the design was fibre reinforced plastics which was less expensive.
The development holds out promise of the antenna's easy installation at home, and improvement in Wi-Fi coverage. The final objective behind the tiny antenna was to enable short-range wireless communication with increased data rates.
Given also that the process of making the antenna was a standard one, it would also help lower the cost of production.