Fractal Interpolation Function based Thin Wire Antennas
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https://doi.org/10.13052/2023.ACES.J.381104Keywords:
Fractal antenna, fractal interpolation functions, iterated function systemsAbstract
This paper presents an approach for the design of wire antennas based on fractal interpolation functions (FIFs). The interpolation points and the contraction factors of the FIFs are chosen as free parameters to modify the antenna geometry. The proposed structures’ gain and radiation pattern can be optimized using FIF parameters. Producible prefractal antennas obtained in the intermediate iterations of fractal generation have compact sizes compared to classical counterparts. The error in prefractal geometry and the original fractal is bounded, and can be determined in terms of the finest producible detail’s dimensions. The emerging structures have multiband behavior due to their self-similar and symmetric nature. To illustrate the approach, we have provided finite element based simulations for several prefractal antennas. |S11|, the gain, the radiation efficiency, the radiation patterns, and feed point impedances for the demonstrated antennas are calculated numerically. The results indicate that produced antennas can be used in applications that require limited mechanical size, multiple operating bands, and controlled radiation patterns.
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