CPW-Fed KOCH SNOWFLAKE Fractal Antenna for UWB Wireless Applications
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https://doi.org/10.14738/tnc.24.337Keywords:
C-BAND, Fractal antennas, KOCH SNOWFLAKE, Multi-Band, Ultra Wide-Band, WIMAX, WLAN.Abstract
Four iterations of a Coplanar Waveguide (CPW)-Fed KOCH SNOWFLAKE fractal antenna are studied. Increasing the number of iterations allows us obtaining a miniaturized antenna with high gain, multi-band and broad-band behavior.
The proposed antennas are a good solution for the Ultra Wide Band (UWB) applications and for the 3.7-4.2GHz C-Band, 5.15-5.82 GHz Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and for the 5GHz Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access system (WIMAX) applications.
The simulation was performed in FEKO 6.3.
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