Design of wideband fractal antenna with combination of fractal geometries

Author

Choukiker, Yogesh Kumar ; Behera, S.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng, Nat. Inst. of Techology, Rourkela, India

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A new small size fractal antenna is proposed for the application in wide-band frequency range. It is designed with the combinations of two fractal geometries. The wideband mechanism is explored by investigating the behaviour of the current on the patch. The length and width of Koch and cantor fractal geometries are optimized to achieve a wide bandwidth. The feed circuit is a microstrip line with a matching section over a rectangular ground plane. The measured -10dB reflection bandwidth for frequency range (1.64 GHz to 3.5 GHz) is 72.37%. The EM characteristics of the antenna are presented by surface current distributions. The radiation characteristics and gain of the proposed antenna are also presented and discussed.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; fractal antennas; microstrip lines; microwave antennas; EM characteristics; Koch fractal geometries; antenna gain; antenna radiation characteristics; cantor fractal geometries; feed circuit; fractal geometry combination; frequency 1.64 GHz to 3.5 GHz; matching section; microstrip line; rectangular ground plane; reflection bandwidth; surface current distributions; wideband fractal antenna design; wideband frequency range; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Fractals; Shape; Wideband; Cantor set; Koch Fractal; Microstrip line; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS) 2011 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0029-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICS.2011.6174226

Filename

6174226