Novel design of a fractal monopole antenna for wireless communications

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Microwaves Laboratory, Polytechnic Military School, Bordj El Bahri, Algeria.

Abstract

Abstract:
In this paper, a new design of planar-tree fractal antenna based on ternary fractal tree
geometry for multiband communication services is proposed, designed, and tested. The
modified tree fractal antenna is employed to achieve multi-band characteristics. As a
low-profile antenna, the proposed antenna covers the DVB-H (174-862 MHz),
Bluetooth (2400-2484 MHz), WIMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave
Access) and WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) (5150-5356 MHz) band with 10 dB
return loss criterion. The measured return loss of the proposed antenna is presented and
compared with simulated results.

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