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2025-08-21
Minkowski Island Fractal Monopole Antenna with CPW-Feed for Wide-Band Wireless Systems
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 159, 10-16, 2025
Abstract
This paper presents a CPW-fed Minkowski island fractal monopole antenna with wideband characteristics. The Minkowski island fractal geometry is applied on the radiating patch of the monopole antenna to make it compact and enhance bandwidth performance. The measured return loss values indicate a fractional bandwidth of 114% from 2 GHz to 7.3 GHz. The simple structure and wideband characteristics make this antenna suitable for various wireless communication applications, including WLAN, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, 5G, and sub-6 GHz band services.
Citation
Vanilakshmi Venugopal, Rohith K. Raj, Aswin Shiju, Janardhanan Linesh, and Thomaskutty Mathew, "Minkowski Island Fractal Monopole Antenna with CPW-Feed for Wide-Band Wireless Systems," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 159, 10-16, 2025.
doi:10.2528/PIERC25071504
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