Title :
A modified parany monopole antenna with broadband behaviour
Author :
Barroso, R. ; Marcano, D. ; Diaz, M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Simon Bolivar, Caracas
Abstract :
A new broadband antenna based on the fractal Parany and Sierpinski monopoles is presented in this paper. Parany and Sierpinski antennas are resonant, log-periodic and multi-band. In this paper that performance is improved adding a conductor triangle to a one-stage Parany fractal monopole antenna. The resultant self- complementary Parany antenna provides bandwidth from 3.1 GHz to 11 GHz for VSWR < 2.1. The antenna was simulated using an FDTD program and good agreement between simulated and measured results was observed.
Keywords :
broadband antennas; finite difference time-domain analysis; microwave antennas; monopole antennas; FDTD program; Sierpinski monopoles antennas; broadband antenna; conductor triangle; frequency 3.1 GHz to 11 GHz; log-periodic antennas; multiband antennas; one-stage Parany fractal monopole antenna; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Conductors; Dipole antennas; Finite difference methods; Fractals; Resonance; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0877-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0878-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2007.4395471
