Abstract
A low-profile Planar Ultra-wideband Modular antenna (PUMA) array is proposed in this paper. Tightly coupled dipole printed on substrate is used to realize ultra wide band. By tuning the shape of dipoles and the location of two shorting vias can reduce the height of the antenna profile. The proposed antenna can achieve wide impedance bandwidth ranged from 1230 GHz with VSWR < 3 (the relative bandwidth is 2.5:1) for 45-degree scans in H-plane and E-plane. What’s more, the height of the radiating layer is less than 0.16 wavelength and the whole antenna is less than 0.33 wavelength at the highest operating frequency of operation.