A novel fractal antenna design for UWB wireless communications

Author

Susila, M. ; Rao, T. Rama ; Gupta, Aman

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun. Eng., SRM Univ., Chennai, India

fYear

2014

fDate

15-17 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

120

Abstract

Ultra Wideband (UWB) has been pondered as a promising technology for short-range wireless communication with large unlicensed frequency band for commercial, military, medical, enterprise private and public uses. A novel fractal antenna is designed to achieve the desired UWB characteristics. The proposed antenna is of compact size with dimension 34×32×1.6 mm³. Analysis of this antenna is done utilizing the 3D Electromagnetic tools. The simulated radiation pattern of the proposed antenna is nearly of Omni-directional with a maximum gain of 4.83 dB and efficiency of 93.55%, with impedance bandwidth of 7.90 GHz (3.24 GHz to 11.14 GHz). The proposed fractal antenna is well suited for Ultra Wideband (UWB) Wireless Communication Applications.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic fields; fractal antennas; microstrip antennas; omnidirectional antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; 3D electromagnetic tools; UWB wireless communications; antenna radiation pattern; bandwidth 3.24 GHz to 11.14 GHz; fractal antenna design; omnidirectional antenna; unlicensed frequency band; Antenna radiation patterns; Fractal antennas; Fractals; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Wireless communication; EM simulation tools; N-notch; fractal antenna; microstrip fed; ultra wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC), 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMaRC.2014.7039003

Filename

7039003