This paper demonstrates the operation of a dual band fractal antenna. The geometry of the inverted fractal antenna are 90mm × 65mm which is imprinted on FR4 substrate material whose dielectric constant is 4.4 with a thickness of 1.6mm. The proposed antenna operates at dual band i.e., from 0.9GHz to 1.4GHz and 2.4GHz to 2.7GHz which is capable of operating as a reader antenna, GPS and also WiMAX applications. The proposed antenna is simulated and analyzed using HFSS software. The antenna has an acceptable gain with desired radiation pattern across these operating bands. Keywords: Co-planar waveguide feed, HFSS, WiMAX, RFID, Fractal
I.INTRODUCTION The wireless communication between any two points is possible only by using antenna. Now a days, the ability to integrate more than one device into a single system is difficult due to their compact size and limited space. So, the modern antenna design requires dual or multiband operation, simple structure and easy integration. Microstrip patch antennas are suitable only for low impedance bandwidth applications. These are not suitable for present wireless communications. To defeat this issue we have to design a multiband antenna by utilizing the fractal geometry i.e. self-similar structure. The antenna with small size, light weight, low profile are required in mobile, wireless communications, global positioning system etc. The broadband remote known as WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) which is dispersed an information transmission of 2.5GHz 2.69GHz / 3.4GHz-3.6GHz / 5.2GHz-5.8GHz. GPS uses two frequency bands i.e., 1.57GHz known as L1 band and 1.22GHz band known as L2 band. The term fractal implies broken or sporadic section that has a self-likeness in their geometrical structure [2]. These are the iterative structures which provides several resonating frequencies in a single element. So, fractal geometry is implemented design small and multiband antennas. Fractals are capable of operating with good performance at many different frequencies simultaneously. CPW feed is more suitable for compact wireless communication [3][4]. The main advantage of CPW feeding technique is that patch and ground are placed on same plane which reduces the fabrication cost. Here in this paper a dual band inverted L-shaped fractal antenna is designed for GPS, WLAN, WiMAX applications and also as a RFID reader antenna.