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Fractal Antennas

Sierpinski gasket and carpet, Koch dipole and snowflake and, Minkowski's Island

Fractal antennas use self similar designs 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. Fractal antennas are printed structures that is they are etched on a dielectric substrate.

The main advantage of fractal antennas are:

  • Reduced space requirement because of the compact size.

  • Higher input resistance because of increase in length or perimeter.

Apps

Antenna DesignerDesign, visualize, and analyze antennas
Antenna Array DesignerDesign, visualize, and analyze arrays (Since R2019b)

Objects

fractalKochCreate Koch curve fractal dipole or loop antenna on xy- plane
fractalGasketCreate Sierpinski's Gasket fractal antenna on xy- plane
fractalCarpetCreate Sierpinski's carpet fractal antenna
fractalIslandMinkowski's loop fractal antenna
fractalSnowflakeCreate fractal Koch snowflake antenna (Since R2020a)

Functions

showDisplay antenna, array structures, shapes, or platform
infoDisplay information about antenna, array, or platform
designDesign prototype antenna or arrays for resonance around specified frequency or create AI-based antenna from antenna catalog objects