A new class of wideband low-profile, conformal antennas-its impact to wireless telecommunications

Author

Wang, J.J.H. ; Hopkins, G.D. ; Tripp, V.K.

Author_Institution

Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

25-26 Jun 1992

Firstpage

115

Lastpage

117

Abstract

The authors discuss spiral-mode microstrip antennas. This class of antennas is wideband, with performance comparable to that of the cavity-loaded spiral and sinuous antennas, but has high efficiency and low profile like the microstrip patch antenna. In addition, the authors believe that the mode-switching and beam-steering capability of the multimode version of this antenna will most likely open up new design concepts, enhance performance, and add new features in future systems. They introduce the performance of several versions of this class of antennas, and analyze its consequential impact on system designs

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; antenna radiation patterns; beam-steering; conformal antennas; future systems; high efficiency; low profile; mode-switching; spiral-mode microstrip antennas; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Antenna theory; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Loaded antennas; Microstrip antennas; Mobile antennas; Receiving antennas; Spirals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications, 1992. Conference Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Conference on Selected Topics in

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0723-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICWC.1992.200726

Filename

200726