Title :
A Self-Affine Fractal Antenna for Wireless Telemedicine Applications
Author :
Srivatsun, G. ; Rani, S. Subha
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., PSG Coll. of Technol., Coimbatore, India
Abstract :
A Self-Affine fractal antenna using multifractal concept is proposed. Space-filling cantors and self-similarity properties of fractal geometry have been adopted in the proposed antenna to reduce its size. The antenna, so designed to operate at MICS band (Medical Implant communication Service) for wireless telemedicine application. The prototype antenna exhibits wideband characteristics and provides a good agreement of returnloss(S11). Experimental returnloss has been compared with that obtained using method of moments. The objective of using self-affinity concept in antenna design makes it flexible in terms of controlling the resonance and bandwidth.
Keywords :
fractal antennas; fractals; method of moments; resonance; telemedicine; MICS band; antenna design; bandwidth; fractal geometry; medical implant communication service; method of moments; multifractal concept; resonance; self-affine fractal antenna; self-similarity property; space-filling cantor; wideband characteristics; wireless telemedicine; Broadband antennas; Fractal antennas; Fractals; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications Networking and Mobile Computing (WiCOM), 2010 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3708-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3709-2
DOI :
10.1109/WICOM.2010.5600103
