Design of Compact Tri-Band Fractal Antenna for RFID Readers

Mohamed Ihamji (Hassan 1st University, Settat, Morocco)
Elhassane Abdelmounim (Hassan 1st University, Settat, Morocco)
Hamid Bennis (Moulay Ismail University, Morocco)
Mostafa Hefnawi (Royal Military College of Canada, Canada)
Mohamed Latrach (ESEO-IETR, Angers, France)

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vol 7, No 4: August 2017

In this paper, a multiband and miniature rectangular microstrip antenna is designed and analyzed for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader applications. The miniaturization is achieved using fractal technique and the physical parameters of the structure as well as its ground plane are optimized using CST Microwave Studio. The total area of the final structure is 71.6 x 94 mm2. The results show that the proposed antenna has good matching input impedance with a stable radiation pattern at 915 MHz, 2.45 GHz, and 5.8 GHz.