Conformal and reconfigurable fractal antennas

K. J. Vinoy; K. A. Jose; Vijay K. Varadan; Vasundara V. Varadan

doi:10.1117/12.388891

21 June 2000 Conformal and reconfigurable fractal antennas

K. J. Vinoy, K. A. Jose, Vijay K. Varadan, Vasundara V. Varadan

Proceedings Volume 3990, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Smart Electronics and MEMS; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388891
Event: SPIE's 7th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 2000, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

The fractal antennas with multi-band and multi-functional capabilities have been very actively studied in the recent years. In contrast, the fractal antenna presented here combines properties of the dielectric substrates with the well-known characteristics of fractal patterns, to result in a wideband conformal antenna. The input characteristics of the antenna is experimentally found to be better than -10 dB for a very band of frequencies from MHz to few GHz band. Another important characteristics of the fractal antennas introduced her is the possibility of making a reconfigurable antenna with this approach. Preliminary simulation results for a fractal reconfigurable antenna are presented here.

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K. J. Vinoy, K. A. Jose, Vijay K. Varadan, and Vasundara V. Varadan "Conformal and reconfigurable fractal antennas", Proc. SPIE 3990, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Smart Electronics and MEMS, (21 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388891

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