Design of reconfigurable fractal antenna using pin diode switch for wireless applications

Youcef Braham Chaouche (1) , Farid Bouttout , Idris Messaoudene (2) , Lionel Pichon (3) , Massinissa Belazzoug (1) , Farouk Chetouah

1 Laboratoire d'Electronique et des Télécommunications Avancées
2 CRIT - Research Center in Industrial Technologies
3 GeePs - Laboratoire Génie électrique et électronique de Paris

In this article, a frequency reconfigurable fractal patch antenna using pin diodes is proposed and studied. The antenna structure has been designed on FR-4 low-cost substrate material of relative permittivity εr = 4.4, with a compact volume of 30×30×0.8 mm3. The bandwidth and resonance frequency of the antenna design will be increased when we exploit the fractal iteration on the patch antenna. This antenna covers some service bands such as: WiMAX, m-WiMAX, WLAN, C-band and X band applications. The simulation of the proposed antenna is carried out using CST microwave studio. The radiation pattern and S parameter are further presented and discussed.

Domains: Engineering Sciences [physics]

Youcef Braham Chaouche, Farid Bouttout, Idris Messaoudene, Lionel Pichon, Massinissa Belazzoug, et al.. Design of reconfigurable fractal antenna using pin diode switch for wireless applications. 2016 16th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS), Nov 2016, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. pp.1-4, ⟨10.1109/MMS.2016.7803852⟩. ⟨hal-02407602⟩