Title :
Design of miniaturised ISM-band fractal antenna
Author :
Azaro, R. ; Boato, G. ; Donelli, M. ; Franceschini, G. ; Martini, A. ; Massa, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Univ. of Trento, Italy
fDate :
7/7/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Miniaturisation techniques for antenna designs based on fractal geometries are of growing interest in wireless communications. Described is the design of a miniaturised fractal antenna prototype. To this end, a particle swarm optimiser is used to optimise simultaneously the fractal shape and the input impedance by acting on the thickness of the antenna segments to avoid matching networks. The effectiveness of the approach is confirmed by simulated and experimental results.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; fractals; microwave antennas; optimisation; radiocommunication; antenna design miniaturization; fractal geometry; input impedance; miniaturized ISM-band fractal antenna; particle swarm optimizer; wireless communications;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20050774
