Cecil Moore wrote:
Jim Lux wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/lo...number=1610336
If you are a member of IEEE, you can access this paper:
Multiband behavior of wideband Sierpinski fractal bow-tie antenna
Yamini, A.H.; Soleimani, M.
Microwave Conference, 2005 European
Volume 3, Issue , 4-6 Oct. 2005 Page(s): 4 pp. -
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/EUMC.2005.1610336

interesting paper..

The big benefit (from a cursory reading).. is that you have a more
consistent antenna pattern over the frequency range, which the vanilla
bowtie does not. And a somewhat wider match bandwidth. (mostly
extending it to higher frequencies)

There is apparently a "big benefit" for some applications
contrary to the nay-sayers on this newsgroup. Apparently,
the self-symmetry of fractals leads to some predictability
as far as wide-band response goes.

As opposed to randomly trying other shapes, I guess..

So fractals fit in the "handy design approach" category