Design of Compact Triangular Microstrip Patch Fractal Antenna Array for MIMO Applications

A Microstrip fed fractal antenna array of two antennas (with equilateral triangle shapes on the triangular patch) to achieve the good bandwidth in the frequency range between 5.45 ? 5.72 GHz for the wireless applications (WLAN band) has been proposed. Proposed antenna is simulated using CST Microwave Studio which is based on the Finite Integration Technique. Simulation results for this proposed antenna are presented in terms of bandwidth, gain and S parameters, which indicates the desired performance of antenna for wireless applications .The antenna array has been propose for MIMO applications, so the capacity calculations for an ideal MIMO environment of a system with 1 x 2 diversity are also presented.