Fractal Antenna Discloses Patents Filed
for Novel Wideband Antennas and Arrays
March 7, 2003
BOSTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 7, 2003—Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. today disclosed that it has filed for patent protection for aspects of its emerging revolution of wideband antenna technologies. The new wideband technology takes antenna design and applications into new areas and solves problems that are long standing and have not been solved by other means. The new wideband antenna technology uses fractals to make antennas that operate over a very large frequency range.
Fractals are shapes that are built up from structures that repeat themselves over many scales. Fractal geometry was pioneered over the last 30 years by polymath and Yale professor Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot, who will be awarded the Japan Prize next month.
Noted the firm's CEO, David Moschella: "We want to confirm that we have cracked the nut on practical wideband elements and arrays. This is a result of our 'years ahead' understanding of electromagnetics and antennas that exploit fractal geometry."
The firm's CTO, Nathan Cohen, views the breakthroughs in an historical perspective: "Antennas used to be considered as single band devices with band-aids attached to make them work differently. Then fractal antennas brought in better performance at multiple bands without the band-aids, a direction we created and pioneered. Now we have comprehensive methodologies for making truly wideband antennas that can replace a rat's nest of whips, springs, and other outdated contraptions."
Moschella also pointed out the vast improvement in performance over other conventional antennas that claim to be wideband, but are actually poor radiators. "Our performance wins can be dramatic; we're not talking about incremental changes. These antennas and arrays are enabling technologies for Software Defined Radio (SDR), Ultrawideband Communications (UWB), and the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)", he added.
The firm has successfully shipped product with the new technology and is fulfilling orders that use it. Its latest rollout is a planar antenna: the Ultra Wide Planar Element UWPE™ antenna, which combines a flat form factor with small size and, of course, extremely broad bandwidth, of 20+:1.
ABOUT FRACTAL
Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc., is privately held and based in Massachusetts at Telecom City. The company was founded in 1995 and develops and commercializes fractal antennas and related innovations in wireless, electromagnetics, RFID, electronics, and evolutionary computation. It holds 6 patents on fractal antennas and related technology and has an expanding proprietary, patent pending position on fractal element antennae and related technologies. The firm's scientists pioneered the field of fractal antennas and fractal electronics.
The firm has grown and increased revenue through the present technology downturn, and has successfully delivered fractal element antennas and arrays to commercial and government customers. Web: http:/www.fractenna.com or http:/www.fractalantenna.com.
CONTACT
Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc.
David Moschella, 617-381-9595
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