Synthesis method for broad-band tapered wire antennas and its experimental verification

Author

Vollmer, Eckhard ; Hinken, J.H.

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, West Germany

Volume

37

Issue

8

fYear

1989

fDate

8/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

959

Lastpage

965

Abstract

A method for synthesizing the geometry of extremely broadband tapered wire antennas used as part of a broadband spectrometer for millimeter and submillimeter waves is presented. The antenna is designed to have a nearly constant gain and a low voltage standing-wave ratio (VSWR) over a bandwidth of at least 20:1. After the synthesis, the characteristics of the antenna are analyzed by the moment method using a system of reaction integrals as described by Richmond (1974). An antenna version with resistively loaded ends of the wires has a mean gain of 5.7 dBi and a maximum gain variation of ±1.25 dB. The VSWR is equal to 1.7 over almost the entire frequency range peaking only to 2.6 at the lowest frequency. These theoretical results were verified by measurements in the frequency range from 1 to 18 GHz with a scaled model of the tapered wire antenna

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microwave antennas; 1 to 18 GHz; MM waves; VSWR; broad-band tapered wire antennas; broadband spectrometer; constant gain; low voltage standing-wave ratio; moment method; radiation patterns; reaction integrals; resistively loaded ends; sub MM waves; synthesis method; Antenna accessories; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Frequency; Geometry; Loaded antennas; Low voltage; Moment methods; Spectroscopy; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.34131

Filename

34131