DocumentCode
1555666
Title
Electromagnetically coupled curl antenna
Author
Nakano, H. ; Yamazaki, M. ; Yamauchi, I.
Author_Institution
Coll. of Eng., Hosei Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Volume
33
Issue
12
fYear
1997
fDate
6/5/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1003
Lastpage
1004
Abstract
The radiation characteristics of a curl antenna excited by an L-wire are presented. The frequency bandwidth for a 3 dB axial ratio criterion is ~6%, with a nearly resistive input impedance of 75 Ω. An array antenna of the 36 curls shows a gain of 23 dB with an aperture efficiency of 73%
Keywords
frequency response; microwave antenna arrays; 23 dB; 73 percent; EM coupled curl antenna; L-wire excitation; array antenna; electromagnetic coupling; frequency bandwidth; radiation characteristics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19970747
Filename
588400
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