In this paper a compact annular ring micro strip patch antenna with modified ground plane is proposed for UWB applications. The dimensions of proposed antenna are 30 × 26 × 1.6 mm3 which was designed on FR4 substrate with the thickness of 1.6 mm, εr = 4.4 and loss tangent parameter 0.02. To enhance the impedance bandwidth of the antenna ground plane is modifiedby extruding an inverted L shape stub and defected with multiple I shaped slots. The radiator consists of annular ringpatch, two circular stubs and one rectangular stub is included to the patch to improve the bandwidth. To design and simulate the proposed antenna CST Studio Suite 2018 is used. The proposed antenna is found with UWB frequency range of 3.1–10 GHz (S11 < −13 dB). Multiple frequency bands are observed in UWB frequency range 3.18 GHz, 6.75 GHz and8.67 GHz with the reflection coefficients of −49.6 dB, −50.2 dB and −45.7 dB respectively. VSWR is less than 2 for the total UWB frequency range. Proposed antenna is better option for UWB applications specially First and third frequency bands (3.18 GHz and 8.67 GHz) are suitable for Radio location (G59) services and second frequency band (6.75 GHz) is suitable for satellite and TV broadcasting applications. Performance of the proposed antenna is evaluated in terms of size, radiation efficiency and radiation patterns and it is better compared with existed systems.