Title : 
Broadband Spiral Antenna Miniaturization Limit
         
        
            Author : 
Lee, Ming ; Kramer, Bradley A. ; Chen, Chi-Chih ; Volakis, John L.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, the miniaturization limit of a spiral antenna is considered by using both Chu´s limit theory and spiral-specific impedance analysis. This study identifies mechanisms responsible for the spiral miniaturization limit
         
        
            Keywords : 
antenna theory; broadband antennas; spiral antennas; Chu limit theory; broadband spiral antenna miniaturization limit; spiral-specific impedance analysis; Antenna theory; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Frequency; Geometry; Impedance; Loaded antennas; Military computing; Resonance; Spirals;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Albuquerque, NM
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-4244-0123-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/APS.2006.1711425