Abstract
Microstrip-line-fed printed wide-slot antenna with a fractal-shaped slot for bandwidth enhancement is proposed and experimentally studied. By etching the wide slot as fractal shapes, it is experimentally found that the operating bandwidth can be significantly enhanced, and the relation between the bandwidth and the iteration order (IO) and iteration factor (IF) of the fractal shapes is experimentally studied. Experimental results indicate that the impedance bandwidth, defined by - 10 dB reflection coefficient, of the proposed fractal slot antenna can reach an operating bandwidth of 2.4 GHz at operating frequencies around 4 GHz, which is about 3.5 times that of a conventional microstrip-line-fed printed wide-slot antenna. It also achieved a 2-dB gain bandwidth of at least 1.59 GHz.
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