Paper-based inkjet-printed ultra-wideband fractal antennas

Maza, Armando Rodriguez; Cook, Benjamin Stassen; Jabbour, Ghassan E.; Shamim, Atif

Paper-based inkjet-printed ultra-wideband fractal antennas

Type

Article

Authors

Maza, Armando Rodriguez
Cook, Benjamin Stassen
Jabbour, Ghassan E.
Shamim, Atif

KAUST Department

Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Electrical Engineering Program
Integrated Microwave Packaging Antennas and Circuits Technology (IMPACT) Lab
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division

Date

2012

Abstract

For the first time, paper-based inkjet-printed ultra-wideband (UWB) fractal antennas are presented. Two new designs, a miniaturised UWB monopole, which utilises a fractal matching network and is the smallest reported inkjet-printed UWB printed antenna to date, and a fourth-order Koch Snowflake monopole, which utilises a Sierpinski gasket fractal for ink reduction, are demonstrated. It is shown that fractals prove to be a successful method of reducing fabrication costs in inkjet-printed antennas, while retaining or enhancing printed antenna performance. © 2012 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Citation

Maza, A. R., Cook, B., Jabbour, G., & Shamim, A. (2012). Paper-based inkjet-printed ultra-wideband fractal antennas. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 6(12), 1366. doi:10.1049/iet-map.2012.0243