Design of a Prefractal Monopolar Antenna for 3.4-3.6 GHz Wi-Max Band Portable Devices

Author

Azaro, Renzo ; Boato, Giulia ; Donelli, Massimo ; Massa, Andrea ; Zeni, Edoardo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Trento Univ.

Volume

5

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

116

Lastpage

119

Abstract

In this letter, the design of a miniaturized monopolar prefractal antenna for the 3.4-3.6 GHz WiMax band is presented. The geometrical configuration of the monopolar antenna, printed on a planar dielectric substrate, has been synthesized by means of a particle swarm optimizer in order to minimize the linear dimensions of the device and to obtain voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) values within specifications. The results of numerical simulations are shown and compared, in terms of VSWR, with the experimental measurements

Keywords

WiMax; fractal antennas; microwave antennas; mobile antennas; mobile radio; monopole antennas; 3.4 to 3.6 GHz; WiMax band portable devices; geometrical configuration; linear dimensions; miniaturized monopolar antenna; particle swarm optimizer; planar dielectric substrate; prefractal monopolar antenna; printed antennas; voltage standing wave ratio; Antenna measurements; Design optimization; Dielectric substrates; Fractal antennas; Frequency; Geometry; Microstrip antennas; Particle swarm optimization; Voltage; WiMAX; Antennas design; WiMax portable devices; fractal antennas; microstrip antennas; particle swarm optimizer; wireless systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2006.872427

Filename

1613924