Fractal microstrip antenna with Minkowski Island split ring resonator for broadband application

Author

Ahmad, B.H. ; Nornikman, H.

Author_Institution

Center for Telecommun. Res. & Innovation (CeTRI), Univ. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Durian Tunggal, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

9-11 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

214

Lastpage

218

Abstract

A fractal microstrip antenna with Minkowski Island split ring resonator (MI-SRR) is proposed in this paper. Four minis MI-SRR structure had been connected to the corner of the main Minkowski Island Fractal to improve the bandwidth of the antenna. This antenna radiates at the broadband range from 2.09 GHz to 3.64 GHz with a bandwidth of 1.55 GHz. The first resonant frequencies for this antenna are at 2.292 GHz with - 14.515 dB of return loss while the second resonant frequency is at 3.428 GHz with - 28.585 dB. Design A and Design B have compared its return loss, resonant frequency, gain and bandwidth performance with the previous Minkowski Island antenna. The simulation work in CST Microwave Studio simulation software also had been compared with the measured fractal microstrip antenna.

Keywords

UHF antennas; UHF resonators; broadband antennas; fractal antennas; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; microwave resonators; CST Microwave Studio simulation software; Minkowski Island antenna; Minkowski Island split ring resonator; bandwidth 1.55 GHz; fractal microstrip antenna; frequency 2.09 GHz to 3.64 GHz; loss -14.515 dB; loss -28.585 dB; resonant frequency; return loss; Broadband antennas; Fractal antennas; Fractals; Microstrip antennas; Optical ring resonators; Resonant frequency; Minkowski Island; fractal; partial ground; patch antenna; ultra wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Microwave Conference (RFM), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2213-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFM.2013.6757252

Filename

6757252