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ABSTRACT
This paper presents an optimal design of an I-shaped fractal antenna for wireless communication devoted to emergency management. The proposed antenna is smaller in size compared to many of the traditional antennas known so far and with further implementation of third iterative fractal geometry on the patch, the size has been reduced by 12.47% in terms of resonating frequency and the patch area has been decreased by 52.8%, which contributes toward the low cost features of the antenna. The resonating and radiation characteristics of the fractal antenna are investigated numerically and experimentally to verify the potential of the antenna for the desired application. The antenna enables multiband connectivity at 5.88, 6.70, and 7.23 GHz. The measured results of the fabricated antenna are in good agreement with the simulated results and indicate efficient matching of the designed structure.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to thank IKG Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India for permitting to carry-out this work and the ECE Department, SLIET Longwal, Sangrur, Punjab, India for providing valuable support and guidance.
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
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Notes on contributors
Sushil Kakkar
Sushil Kakkar has received his BTech and MTech degrees from Punjab Technical University (PTU), Jalandhar. At present, he is pursuing his PhD degree in the field of microstrip patch antennas from IKG PTU, Jalandhar. He has in his credit five best paper awards in five different international and national conferences. He has published more than 40 research papers in various national and international journals/conferences. Besides being the convener of an international conference (ICAET-2017, held at BGIET, Sangrur), he has been the active organizing member of various FDP's, workshops, and conferences. His biography has been published in the 32nd Edition of Who's Who in the World, 2015 by MARQUIS, New York. His research interests include microstrip antennas and biologically inspired computational techniques.
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
T. S. Kamal
Dr. T. S. Kamal is a renowned international figure in the field of technical education. Currently, Prof. T. S. Kamal is the professor and director of RIET, Abohar, Punjab. He also happens to be a premier academician, having coveted degrees, of BE and ME in ECE from University of Roorkee (presently IIT Roorkee) and PhD from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He is regarded as multi-farious genius in his field and has vast experience of around 40 years, on different capacities, in the field of teaching, research, industry, academics, and administration. He has a special flair for research activities and has guided 19 research scholars for PhD degree. Moreover, his around 300 international/national publications are a rare achievement in itself. Recently, he has been bestowed with the recognition of international prof. by the Govt. of Australia. His contribution towards engineering as the vice president of the Institute of Engineering-India is widely acclaimed.
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A. P. Singh
Dr. A. P. Singh was born in Sangrur, Punjab in 1967 and received his BTech degree in ECE from GNDU, Amritsar in 1990. He received his MTech degree from REC, Kurukshetra in 1994 and PhD degree in 2005. Presently, he is a professor of ECE as well as part-time chief vigilance officer (appointed by the Govt. of India) at SLIET, Longowal. Dr Singh is credited with a professional experience of more than 24 years. He has guided seven PhD theses and six more students are pursuing their PhD degrees under his supervision. He has published more than 170 research papers in various national and international journals/conferences and received various awards including IETE Students Journal Award-2006 by IETE, New Delhi, Certificate of Merit in 2006, KF Antia Award in 2009, Sir Thomas Ward for the year 2010, and again KF Antia Award in 2014 by the Institution of Engineers (India).
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