Design of minskowsi fractal antenna for dual band application

Author

Abdullah, N. ; Arshad, M.A. ; Mohd, E. ; Hamzah, S.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Univ. Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat

fYear

2008

fDate

13-15 May 2008

Firstpage

352

Lastpage

355

Abstract

A reduction in physical size and multiband capability are important design requirements for antenna in future wireless devices. Designed process involved a mathematical analysis, numerical methods simulation and experimental measurement on fabricated antenna. The design and simulation process on purpose antenna was carried out using Microwave Office software. Then the proposed antenna was fabricated on FR4 Epoxy/glass substrate at KUiTTHO Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Fabrication Laboratory. Fractal antenna properties were observed from the measurement of return loss, standing wave ratio (SWR) bandwidth, beamwidth and also radiation pattern are presented in this project. Global Positioning System (GPS at 1.5 GHz) and Global System for Mobile (GSM 1800) frequencies are used as references frequency. The overall results were obtained and satisfied the fractal structure and fractal concept which is the fabricated antenna showed multiband frequencies when iteration is done and the size of antenna turn out to be smaller.

Keywords

design; fractal antennas; multifrequency antennas; GSM 1800; Global Positioning System; Global System for Mobile; Microwave Office software; Minskowsi fractal antenna design; antenna fabrication; beamwidth; dual band application; frequency 1.5 GHz; multiband capability; multiband frequencies; radiation pattern; standing wave ratio bandwidth; Analytical models; Antenna measurements; Application software; Circuit simulation; Dual band; Fractal antennas; Frequency; Global Positioning System; Mathematical analysis; Process design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Communication Engineering, 2008. ICCCE 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1691-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1692-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCE.2008.4580627

Filename

4580627