Design of hybrid fractal boundary antenna for rf energy harvesting applications

Abstract

The fractal antennas have multiband behavior and also have the capabilities of the size reduction as compared to the other patch antennas. Ahybrid fractal boundary antenna has been designed and simulated in this paper for radio frequency energy harvesting (RFEH). The designed antenna has the multiband behavior, as it resonates at the two frequencies. The multiband behavior of the antenna helps in harvesting the energy from various frequencies band and improves the output of the circuit. This hybrid fractal boundary antenna uses the microstrip feed line to improve the matching performance of the antenna.