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New Elements Concentrated Planar Fractal Antenna Arrays for Celestial Surveillance and Wireless Communications

  • Received : 2011.01.21
  • Accepted : 2011.04.18
  • Published : 2011.12.31
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Abstract

This research introduces three new fractal array configurations that have superior performance over the well-known Sierpinski fractal array. These arrays are based on the fractal shapes Dragon, Twig, and a new shape which will be called Flap fractal. Their superiority comes from the low side lobe level and/or the wide angle between the main lobe and the side lobes, which improves the signal-to-intersymbol interference and signal-to-noise ratio. Their performance is compared to the known array configurations: uniform, random, and Sierpinski fractal arrays.

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