Title :
A compact broadband spiral antenna
Author :
Fu, Wei ; Lopez, Elias R. ; Rowe, Wayne S T ; Ghorbani, Kamran
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC
Abstract :
This paper presents a dual arm equiangular spiral antenna with embedded chip resistors and a compact balun. In order to reduce the size of the spiral antenna, a compact balun is developed which can be integrated into the spiral antenna.
Keywords :
baluns; broadband antennas; spiral antennas; broadband spiral antenna; compact baluns; embedded chip resistors; equiangular spiral antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Dielectric substrates; Etching; Frequency; Impedance matching; Microstrip antennas; Resistors; Spirals;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2008. APMC 2008. Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Macau
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2641-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2642-3
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2008.4958167
