A new configuration of a Printed Quasi‐Yagi Antenna (PQYA) with monopole elements has been proposed for broadband operation, in this study. This three elements printed Yagi antenna consists of a fed monopole on one side of the dielectric substrate, whereas, the parasitic elements of a reflector and a director are on the other side on the ground plane. The presence of the ground plane effectively makes these monopoles function as dipoles, making it a compact three‐element Yagi antenna. This compact PQYA, with simple microstrip line feed, yields broad bandwidth (BW) of 53.3% from 1.5 to 2.59 GHz for |S11| ≤ –10 dB with a gain of 4.65 dBi throughout the impedance BW in the end‐fire radiation pattern. Additionally, it has front to back ratio>10 dB and cross‐polarisation level <20 dB along the end‐fire direction. Theoretical and measured characteristics of the proposed antenna are presented, which are in agreement.

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In this study, a new configuration of a low profile, broadband printed quasi‐Yagi antenna with two directly fed monopoles has been proposed. The property of a printed monopole antenna with a simple microstrip feed‐line has been used to simplify feeding structure of the printed quasi‐Yagi antenna. A broad bandwidth is achieved by cascading another monopole element of different lengths in a series to obtain two nearby resonances. The proposed antenna consists of two driven monopoles on one side of the dielectric substrate, whereas, on the other side, a reflector and a director are realized as parasitic monopole elements, directly on the ground plane. The measured impedance bandwidth of 70.2% (1.46‐3.05 GHz) with stable gain ranging from 4.7 to 5.3 dBi in the entire bandwidth has been achieved. The antenna has the front‐to‐back ratio better than 10 dB and cross‐polarization level below −20 dB in the direction of maximum radiation over the entire bandwidth. The simulated performance of the antenna has been experimentally verified with good agreement.

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Half‐hexagonal microstrip antenna (H‐HMSA) is a compact version of HMSA, as it resonates at the same fundamental mode frequency. In this article, a compact configuration of a single layer, broadband gap‐coupled H‐HMSA has been proposed. Gap‐coupled H‐HMSA is fed indirectly by a λ/2 microstrip‐line resonator. Broad bandwidth (BW) is achieved with an effective use of resonance introduced by λ/2 resonator and gap‐coupled half‐hexagonal radiating patches. A peak gain of 7.07 dBi and measured BW (S11 ≤ −10 dB) of 11.5% at the center frequency of 5.2 GHz have been achieved, which occupies a small volume of 0.023 λ03 including the ground plane. The radiation patterns remain in the broadside direction throughout the return loss BW. Simulated results of the proposed antenna configuration are experimentally validated with good agreement.