Two element self-similar plus shape fractal antenna for wireless applications

Author

Jagadeesha, S. ; Vani, R.M. ; Hunagund, P.V. ; Hegde, Shriram P.

Author_Institution

S.D.M. Inst. of Technol., Mangalore, India

fYear

2013

fDate

27-28 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, self-similar fractal antenna with two element array is proposed and studied. Fractal geometry is a methodology through which size reduction is achieved. Plus shaped fractal antennas with base, first and second iteration of order 1/3 is designed on substrate with ε_r=4.4 & h=1.6mm. The designed antenna resonates at multiple frequencies with size reduction of 72.83% with improved return loss, bandwidth and gain. The Proposed antenna is simulated by using the method of moment based commercial software (IE3D) measured with Vector Network Analyzer. The simulated results are in good agreement with experimental results.

Keywords

antenna arrays; fractal antennas; iterative methods; method of moments; network analysers; wireless channels; IE3D commercial software; first iteration; fractal geometry; method of moment; multiple frequency; plus shaped fractal antennas; second iteration; self-similar fractal antenna; two element array; vector network analyzer; wireless applications; Two elemental array; multiband; plus shaped fractal; size reduction; wireless applications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Research & Technology in the Coming Decades (CRT 2013), National Conference on Challenges in

Conference_Location

Ujire

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-84919-868-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2013.2492

Filename

6851539