In this article, the authors proposed an eight-element linear array of fractal antennas for dedicated short range communication (DSRC; 5.9 GHz) service band. The single element of the array is a newly proposed fractal antenna whose radiating patch is derived from the Fibonacci series with the incorporation of Koch snowflake, and it poses a 2D quadrantal symmetry. The gain of

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In this study, a wideband right‐handed circularly polarized (RHCP) array of microstrip patch antennas, for direct broadcast satellite (DBS, 12.2‐12.7 GHz) services have been presented. The single element of the array is a two‐dimensional mushroom‐shaped fractal antenna of resonating frequency 12.49 GHz and an impedance bandwidth of 1.12 GHz. The proposed single element is designed by etching a pair of Minkowski square boxes in one of the two opposite sides of a regular octagon. Furthermore, a thin slot of length equal to one side of the regular octagon is placed in‐between the two Minkowski boxes, which results in the proposed mushroom‐shaped radiating element. The proposed four‐element linear array resonates at 12.47 GHz and gives an impedance bandwidth of 1.04 GHz. The feed network of the array is designed in such a manner to make the array structure very compact. The fabricated single element gives an RHCP gain of 5.25 dBic and its corresponding circular Polarization (CP) bandwidth of 200 MHz. The array gives an RHCP gain of 11.59 dBic and a CP bandwidth of 460 MHz. The measured CP bandwidth of the fabricated array prototype ensures 92% coverage of the entire DBS band with circularly polarized wave, and hence can be used for its related applications.

This paper presents a compact octagonal array of microstrip patch antennas for direct broadcast satellite (DBS) (12.2–12.7 GHz) services. The proposed single element of this array is a new fractal antenna, having considerably high gain and can heavily suppress cross polarization along the main beam direction. The single element is derived from a 2D spiral geometry. The corporate feed network of the array is designed in such a manner to make the structure very compact. The fabricated single element resonates at 12.51 GHz and gives a gain and bandwidth of 9.32 dBi and 280 MHz, respectively. The array resonates at 12.46 GHz and gives gain of 17.67 dBi and a bandwidth of 506 MHz, which ensures a 100% coverage of the entire DBS service band. The measured cross polarization of single element and array along the direction of main beam are −45.50 and −43.35 dB, respectively. Both the single element as well as the array maintains a reasonably good radiation efficiency of 86.70 and 82.20%, respectively.

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