Title : 
Novel Modified Pythagorean Tree Fractal Monopole Antennas for UWB Applications
         
        
            Author : 
Pourahmadazar, Javad ; Ghobadi, Changiz ; Nourinia, Javad
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Islamic Azad Univ., Urmia, Iran
         
        
        
        
            fDate : 
7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A novel modified microstrip-fed ultrawide-band (UWB) printed Pythagorean tree fractal monopole antenna is presented. In this letter, by inserting a modified Pythagorean tree fractal in the conventional T-patch, much wider impedance bandwidth and new resonances will be produced. By only increasing the tree fractal iterations, new resonances are obtained. The designed antenna has a compact size of 25 × 25 × 1 mm3 and operates over the frequency band between 2.6 and 11.12 GHz for VSWR <; 2. Using multifractal concept in modified Pythagorean tree fractal antenna design makes monopole antennas flexible in terms of controlling resonances and bandwidth. In this letter, the improvement process of the impedance bandwidth has been presented and discussed.
         
        
            Keywords : 
antenna feeds; fractal antennas; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; ultra wideband antennas; UWB applications; impedance bandwidth; modified Pythagorean tree fractal monopole antennas; modified microstrip-fed ultrawideband printed antenna; multifractal concept; tree fractal iterations; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Fractals; Impedance; Ultra wideband antennas; 2-D fractal; Pythagorean tree; fractal monopole antenna; ultrawideband (UWB);
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LAWP.2011.2154354