DocumentCode
1022481
Title
Characteristics of circular loop antennas above a lossless ground plane
Author
Shoamanesh, A. ; Shafai, L.
Author_Institution
MPB Technologies, Inc., St. Anne-de-Bellvue, Quebec, Canada
Volume
29
Issue
3
fYear
1981
fDate
5/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
528
Lastpage
529
Abstract
The circuit and radiation characteristics of a circular loop antenna above a lossless ground plane are studied. It is shown that the gain of this antenna is higher than that of a half-wave dipole above the ground plane. A gain as high as 10 dB is obtainable with this simple geometry.
Keywords
Elevated antennas; Loop antennas; Antennas and propagation; Bandwidth; Circuits; Current distribution; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Geometry; Impedance; Integral equations; Reflector antennas;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1981.1142607
Filename
1142607
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