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<p>The growing demand for enhanced capacities, broadband services, and high transmission speeds to accommodate speech, image, multimedia, and data communication simultaneously puts a requirement for antenna to operate in multiple frequency bands. A novel compact fractal antenna based on self-similar stair-shaped fractal geometry is proposed in this paper. The fractal antenna is designed by modifying the patch antenna through the iterative process using stair-shaped fractal geometry. The third iteration results in a tri-band response, and the antenna resonate at 3.65, 4.825, and 6.325 GHz with impedance bandwidths of 75.6, 121.2, and 211.4 MHz, respectively. The antenna is designed in CST Microwave studio, and evaluated for operating bands and radiation characteristics. Prototype for the third iteration of the fractal antenna is fabricated on FR-4 substrate which is further tested for measured operating bands and radiation characteristics. The simulated and measured results show good agreement.</p>
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The growing demand for enhanced capacities, broadband services, and high transmission speeds to accommodate speech, image, multimedia, and data communication simultaneously puts a requirement for antenna to operate in multiple frequency bands. A novel compact fractal antenna based on self-similar stair-shaped fractal geometry is proposed in this paper. The fractal antenna is designed by modifying the patch antenna through the iterative process using stair-shaped fractal geometry. The third iteration results in a tri-band response, and the antenna resonate at 3.65, 4.825, and 6.325 GHz with impedance bandwidths of 75.6, 121.2, and 211.4 MHz, respectively. The antenna is designed in CST Microwave studio, and evaluated for operating bands and radiation characteristics. Prototype for the third iteration of the fractal antenna is fabricated on FR-4 substrate which is further tested for measured operating bands and radiation characteristics. The simulated and measured results show good agreement.

A novel compact stair-shaped multiband fractal antenna for wireless communication systems

College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering

School of Electronic and Information Engineering

Department of Computer Sciences & Information Technology

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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The growing demand for enhanced capacities, broadband services, and high transmission speeds to accommodate speech, image, multimedia, and data communication...

A novel compact stair-shaped multiband fractal antenna for wireless communication systems

Publicado en línea: 20 nov 2021

Páginas: 306 - 314

Recibido: 08 ago 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2021-0043

Palabras clave
antenna designing, fractal antenna, multiband, patch antenna, stair-shaped fractal geometry

© 2021 Zain ul Abidin Jaffri et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

A novel compact stair-shaped multiband fractal antenna for wireless communication systems

Publicado en línea: 20 nov 2021

Páginas: 306 - 314

Recibido: 08 ago 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2021-0043

Palabras claveantenna designing, fractal antenna, multiband, patch antenna, stair-shaped fractal geometry

© 2021 Zain ul Abidin Jaffri et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
antenna designing, fractal antenna, multiband, patch antenna, stair-shaped fractal geometry