@conference { ISI:000366999600267, title = {A Novel Miniaturized UWB Antenna for Microwave Imaging}, booktitle = {2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS (ICMCS)}, year = {2014}, note = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems (ICMCS), Marrakech, MOROCCO, APR 14-16, 2014}, pages = {1475-1478}, abstract = {A compact UWB planar antenna fed with a microstrip-line is proposed. The new design is composed of a square patch with a small size of 26 mm x 20 mm. with three rectangular slots and fed by 50 Omega microstrip transmission line and a reduced ground-plane which have a T-shaped slot. It is intended to be used in Microwave Imaging applications that cover the ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency band. A wider bandwidth of around 3.98 - 17.26GHz with stable radiation pattern is achieved. The proposed antenna has excellent characteristics, low profile and cost-effective compared to existing UWB antennas. The UWB antenna is designed and analyzed using CST Microwave Studio and HFSS software in transient mode to verify antenna parameters improvements.}, isbn = {978-1-4799-3824-7}, author = {Afyf, Amal and Bellarbi, Larbi} }