Design of micro-machined modified Sierpinski gasket fractal antenna for satellite communications

Modified Sierpinski gasket fractal patch antenna for earth exploration satellite services has been proposed in this article. The proposed antenna is designed up to third iterative fractal geometry on the FR4 substrate having dielectric constant of 4.4 with height of 0.8 mm. The proposed design shows multiband characteristics at 2.8, 6.1, 7.96, 16, and 17 GHz frequencies. The maximum gain of the proposed design is 9.6 dBi has been achieved in Ku-band. The resonating performance characteristics and radiation characteristics of the final iteration are investigated using simulator and experimentally to verify the results of the proposed design. The simulated and measured performance parameters show quite resemblance. Further, proposed design has been simulated on the micro-machined high resistive silicon substrate which causes the improvement in gain and efficiency. Micro-machined fractal antenna is compatible with monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs).