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Abstract

In this paper, a low-profile fractal antenna with square ring slots is reported. The newly proposed fractal antenna includes circular ring radiating elements with orthogonally placed square shape slots to achieve ultra wideband operation. The compact antenna (32 × 28 × 1.6 mm³) is designed and fabricated on an FR4 dielectric substrate, and measurements are performed in the laboratory environment. The simulated and measured results demonstrate that the antenna has -10 dB impedance bandwidth of 9.4 GHz from 4.2 to 13.6 GHz in the ultra-wideband frequency. The measurement results reveal that the antenna has broadband radiation characteristics with peak gain of 5 dB in the desired band of operation. The proposed antenna has low cross polarization of -28 dB and radiation efficiency about 88% in the operating bandwidth. The large bandwidth, low cross polarization, and stable radiation characteristics of the proposed antenna confirm that the antenna may be suitable for ultra-wideband applications.

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