Over view

 Introduction
 Need of fractal antenna
 History
 Features
 Examples
 Creation
 Applications
Antenna

 A transducer that send and receive Em

waves
 Covert Em radiations to electric current or
vice versa
 Used in broadcasting, point to point
communication, cell phones space craft
communication
Fractal

 Benoit Mandelbrot 1975 Latin fractus –

broken or fractured
 Geometric shape that can be split into parts
each of which is reduced size copy of the
whole
Fractal Antenna

 Antenna that self-similar design to maximize

the length, or increase the perimeter of
material that can receive or transmit
electromagnetic radiation within a given total
surface area or volume.
 Multi level space filling curves
 Iterations
 A good example of a fractal antenna as a
space filling curve
Why Fractal Antenna

 Compact
 Wide band application
History

 Euclidean geometry
 Area directly proportional to perimeter
 Emphasis on frequency resonance and
power patterns
 First order iteration
 No attempts to exploit multiple scale self
similarity or real fractals
Equations

 Fractal ratio limit direction D=logL/logr

 Premature compression parameter

Pc= full size antenna element length

Pc=A log [N(C+D)]
Area of creation

 Adding the reflector

 Drill holes and add mounting points
 Measure, cut, and strip wire
 Create fractals
 Create dipoles
 Mount dipoles and mount transformer
 Testing verses store bought antenna
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