Wide-band sleeve-cage and sleeve-helical antennas

Author

Rogers, Shawn D. ; Butler, Chalmers M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Clemson Univ., SC, USA

Volume

50

Issue

10

fYear

2002

fDate

10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1409

Lastpage

1414

Abstract

A sleeve-cage monopole has parasitic wire elements that form a sleeve around the driven cage antenna. Appropriate placement and dimensions of the wire parasites lead to bandwidth enhancement. Genetic algorithms and an integral equation solver are employed to determine the position and lengths of the parasitic wires in order to minimize voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) over a band. The cage is replaced by a normal-mode quadrifilar helix for height reduction and the resulting structure is referred to as a sleeve helix. Measured VSWR and input impedance data are in good agreement with computed data. A fabricated sleeve-cage monopole has a bandwidth ratio of 4.4:1 and a sleeve helix has a bandwidth ratio of 3.5:1 for measured VSWR less than 3.5.

Keywords

antenna theory; broadband antennas; electric impedance measurement; genetic algorithms; helical antennas; integral equations; minimisation; monopole antennas; wire antennas; VSWR minimization; bandwidth enhancement; driven cage antenna; genetic algorithms; height reduction; input impedance measurement; integral equation solver; normal-mode quadrifilar helix; parasitic wire elements; sleeve helix; sleeve-cage monopole; sleeve-helical antennas; voltage standing wave ratio; wideband antenna; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Conductors; Genetic algorithms; Geometry; Helical antennas; Integral equations; Voltage; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2002.802168

Filename

1137536