Performance Characteristics of Planar and Three-Dimensional Versions of a Frequency-Agile Electrically Small Antenna

Author

Cutshall, Ryan T. ; Ziolkowski, Richard W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

56

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Dec. 2014

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

71

Abstract

Two electrically small antenna designs are analyzed numerically and are then compared. The first is a frequency-agile version of the three-dimensional (3D) Egyptian-axe dipole (EAD) antenna. The second is its two-dimensional (2D) planar counterpart. The frequency-agile performance characteristics of both the two-dimensional and three-dimensional Egyptian-axe dipole designs are studied and compared. Their potential for non-Foster augmentation to achieve large instantaneous fractional bandwidths is detailed.

Keywords

dipole antennas; numerical analysis; planar antennas; 2D planar antenna; 3D EAD antenna; electrically small antenna designs; instantaneous fractional bandwidths; nonFoster augmentation; numerical analysis; performance characteristics; planar frequency-agile electrically small antenna; three-dimensional Egyptian-axe dipole antenna design; three-dimensional frequency-agile electrically small antenna; two-dimensional Egyptian-axe dipole antenna designs; two-dimensional planar antenna; Bandwidth allocation; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Impedance; Inductors; Radiation efficiency; Resonant frequency; Three-dimensional displays; Active antennas; broadband antennas; electrically small antennas; impedance matching; radiation efficiency;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2014.7011020

Filename

7011020