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Abstract

A new design of a gap coupled modified square fractal antenna has been presented in this paper as an alternative solution to improve the bandwidth of the conventional microstrip patch antenna. The proposed antenna provides an impedance bandwidth of 83.13 % around the resonant frequency of 1.844 GHz. This antenna has been designed for use in Bluetooth, WLAN and WiMAX applications simultaneously. IE3D Zeland simulation software has been applied for the simulation of the proposed design.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jhansi, India

    Dinesh Kumar Srivastava, Anshika Khanna & Jai Prakash Saini

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Srivastava, D.K., Khanna, A. & Saini, J.P. Design of a wideband gap-coupled modified square fractal antenna. J Comput Electron 15, 239–247 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-015-0740-y

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