High-directivity microstrip antenna with Mandelbrot fractal boundary

High-directivity is a needed feature for small base station antennas in order to provide coverage to a certaingeographic area. For wireless communications, arrays of microstrip antennas are frequently used as radiating elements due totheir thin profile. In this study, a single microstrip element is...

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Autores: Anguera, Jaume, Andújar, Aurora, Benavente, Sergio, Jayasinghe, Jeevani, Kahng, Sungtek
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/4794
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/4794
https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2017.0649
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Antennas
Mandelbrot Fractal Boundary
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Sumario:High-directivity is a needed feature for small base station antennas in order to provide coverage to a certaingeographic area. For wireless communications, arrays of microstrip antennas are frequently used as radiating elements due totheir thin profile. In this study, a single microstrip element is proposed to achieve the same directivity as an array with a similararea but without using the complex feeding network usually required. A microstrip antenna inspired by the Mandelbrot fractal isdesigned achieving a narrow beamwidth in the vertical plane and a wide beamwidth in the horizontal plane, which is especiallysuitable for hot-spots.