• DocumentCode
    1009138
  • Title

    An approximate formula for calculating the directivity of an antenna

  • Author

    Tai, Chen-To ; Pereira, Clovis S.

  • Author_Institution
    Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1976
  • fDate
    3/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    235
  • Lastpage
    236
  • Abstract
    An approximate general formula to calculate the directivity of an antenna based upon the E -plane and H -plane patterns is proposed. For narrow beam patterns, the directivity is expressed in terms of the half-power beam widths of the main patterns. The better approximation of the formula presented here over the geometrical mean formula is pointed out.
  • Keywords
    Antennas; Antennas and propagation; Chebyshev approximation; Convolution; Dipole antennas; EMP radiation effects; Integral equations; Polynomials; Power measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1976.1141313
  • Filename
    1141313
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1009138