Title :
The Koch island fractal microstrip patch antenna
Author :
Ilk won Kim ; TacHoon Yoo ; JongGwan Yook ; HanKyu Park
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
The Koch island fractal patch antenna is introduced in order to reduce the antenna size. By the space-filling property of fractal geometry, this antenna reveals lower resonant frequency than that of a normal square patch antenna. Based on experimental results, it is found that as iteration and iteration factor increases, the resonant frequency of this patch antenna decreases, while maintaining a radiation pattern similar to that of normal square patch.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; fractals; iterative methods; microstrip antennas; Koch island fractal patch antenna; fractal geometry; iteration; microstrip patch antenna; radiation pattern; resonant frequency; space-filling property; Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Educational institutions; Filling; Fractals; Geometry; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Resonant frequency; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2001. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7070-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2001.959829
