Design of multi-fractal monopole antenna for UWB applications

Author

Mathews, Merin Mary ; Shambavi, K. ; Alex, Zachariah C.

Author_Institution

Vellore Inst. of Technol., Vellore, India

fYear

2014

fDate

6-8 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A multi-fractal monopole antenna for Ultra wide band applications is presented in this paper. The proposed antenna consists of a combination of Koch and Sierpinski fractals within a ring. Use of multi-fractal technique leads to improved bandwidth, radiation efficiency and reduced size. The proposed antenna size is 19.5×19.5×1 mm³ which operates over a frequency range of 4.2 to 10.3 GHz. Radiation pattern of the proposed antenna is stable over the operating range.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; fractal antennas; microwave antennas; monopole antennas; ultra wideband antennas; Koch fractals; Sierpinski fractals; UWB applications; bandwidth improvement; frequency 4.2 GHz to 10.3 GHz; multifractal monopole antenna design; radiation efficiency; radiation pattern; ultra wide band applications; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Fractals; Microwave antennas; Structural rings; Ultra wideband antennas; Bandwidth; Koch fractal; Multi-Fractal antenna; Return loss; Sierpinski fractal; Ultra wide band;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Computing Communication and Electrical Engineering (ICGCCEE), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coimbatore

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICGCCEE.2014.6922231

Filename

6922231