Design Sierpinski Gasket Antenna for WLAN Application

Author

Ghani, C.Z.C. ; Wahab, M.H.A. ; Abdullah, N. ; Hamzah, S.A. ; Ubin, A. ; Dahlan, S.H. ; Anuar, A.K. ; Ramli, K.N. ; Alwi, M.F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Univ. Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Darul Takzim

fYear

2007

fDate

11-14 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This project mainly discussed on designing and fabricating the antenna using fractal concept to obtain the dual band resonant frequency at 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz for wireless local area network (WLAN) application. The application of fractal geometry can be used to miniaturize the antenna due to their self-similarity and this project focusing on designing the Sierpinski gasket antenna for first iteration. The antenna had been simulated using CST microwave studio, while the fabricated antenna had been tested using network analyzer. The results of both antenna simulation and measurement are in good agreement with the design expectation. The antenna was fabricated on printed circuit board (PCB) using epoxy/ glass (FR- 4) substrate with 30cm by 30cm metallic copper ground plane.

Keywords

fractal antennas; printed circuits; wireless LAN; CST microwave studio; Sierpinski gasket antenna; WLAN application; dual band resonant frequency; epoxy/glass substrate; fractal concept; fractal geometry; metallic copper ground plane; network analyzer; printed circuit board; wireless local area network application; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Dual band; Fractals; Gaskets; Geometry; Microwave antennas; Resonant frequency; Wireless LAN; Self-similarity; Sierpinski Gasket Antenna; Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN); component;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0748-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0749-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2007.4554896

Filename

4554896