| A Fractal Antenna is an antenna that can be broken | | | | applications. |
| up into smaller parts. Fractal just means a part of, so in | | | | The two most common type of Fractal Antennas |
| this scenario they are referring to an antenna that can | | | | include the Koch Dipole and Common Bipole Antennas. |
| have feelers added or removed. By doing this the | | | | The Common Bipole seems to have a stronger |
| Fractal Antenna is following a concept called the | | | | impedence than the Koch Dipole. You can adjust the |
| self-similarity design module. This basically means you | | | | size on these antennas upwards of two hundred to |
| can remove or add part of the design in equal parts. If | | | | four hundred percent and maintain great performance. |
| you ever took a class in Fractal Geometry, you'd learn | | | | What I personally feel about this technology is that it's |
| the mathematical reasoning behind this. The | | | | ironic that hundreds of millions of people all over the |
| mathematics behind this device is governed by the | | | | world are benefiting from it as we speak, however |
| Mandelbrot Set. | | | | there's probably at this point only 100,000 who even |
| Benoit Mandelbrot is the father of modern day Fractal | | | | know about it and a lot less that really understand |
| Geometry. These antennas operate by sending out | | | | what it is. People go to school for years to learn how |
| special electromagnetic signals that cover a specific | | | | to develop such things. I think we all owe a debt of |
| area or volume depending on how many Fractals the | | | | gratitude to Nathan Cohen for bringing this technology |
| antenna itself has. Fractal Antennas aren't large or | | | | to fruition. |
| cumbersome by any means. In fact they are very | | | | Now the question to ask yourself is, what effect will |
| small and have real world application in cellular phones | | | | this technology play not only in Micro Electronics, but in |
| or microwave ovens and other small electronic | | | | the ability to create other similar inventions based on |
| devices. This antenna is unique in that it can operate at | | | | this one. A lot of people think that Fractal Antennas |
| various different frequencies at the same time. | | | | have to do with some type of illegal cable hookups. |
| Most antennas have to be specifically rigged to | | | | Far from it. As you can now realize, this technology is |
| operate at a particular frequency. The highest and | | | | just one more aspect that makes life easier for all of |
| best use of the Fractal Antenna is in both wideband | | | | us in one way or another in the 21st century. This will |
| and multiband products that require varying | | | | eventually allow developers to create smaller, more |
| frequencies. The first published works of the Fractal | | | | sophisticated yet User-Friendly products. Our review |
| Antenna came about by Nathan Cohen in 1995. The | | | | concludes that this is a definitely breakthrough in the |
| beauty of these types of antennas is that they are | | | | electronics industry. Knowledge is cumulative which |
| flexible, but not all of these will work on the same | | | | makes this invention so fascinating to us. |