Characteristics of a helical array antenna radiating circularly polarized conical beam

Author

Phongcharoenpanich, C. ; Lertwiriyaprapa, T. ; Lamultree, S. ; Wounchoum, P. ; Kosulvit, S. ; Krairiksh, M.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., King Mongkut´s Inst. of Technol., Bangkok, Thailand

Volume

4

fYear

2001

Firstpage

557

Abstract

This paper presents the characteristics of a helical array antenna radiating circularly polarized conical beam. The structure of the antenna is simple and easy to fabricate. The radiation pattern of the antenna is calculated by combining the total fields radiated from each small helical antenna on the ground plane. The effect of the finite size ground plane is taken into account and compared with one considered in case of the ground plane is infinite extent. The radiation patterns for various parameters viz., the array radius and the number of elements are demonstrated. Guidelines for the antenna design to realize the desired directivity and elevation angle are illustrated. The experiment is under investigation.

Keywords

antenna arrays; antenna earths; antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave polarisation; helical antennas; antenna design; antenna directivity; antenna elements; antenna radiation pattern; array radius; circularly polarized conical beam radiation; elevation angle; finite size ground plane; helical array antenna; infinite ground plane; total radiated fields; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Directional antennas; Educational technology; Helical antennas; Information technology; Mobile antennas; Polarization; Research and development; Satellite communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2001. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7070-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2001.959524

Filename

959524