Title :
Analysis of microstrip fractal patch antenna for multi-band communication [by FDTD]
Author :
Du, Zhengwei ; Gong, Ke ; Fu, J.S. ; Gao, Baoxin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
fDate :
6/21/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The square microstrip fractal patch antenna in a Sierpinski carpet and the effects of its elements are analysed. The calculated results show that the multi-band frequency operation of the proposed antenna results from the driven element and not from the parasitic fractal elements
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; fractals; microstrip antennas; Sierpinski carpet; driven element; multi-band communication; multi-band frequency operation; square microstrip fractal patch antenna;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010570
