• DocumentCode
    3676411
  • Title

    A novel printed stub-loaded square helical antenna

  • Author

    Syed Abdullah Nauroze;Manos M. Tentzeris

  • Author_Institution
    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    774
  • Lastpage
    775
  • Abstract
    A novel planar printed stub-loaded square helical (PSLSH) antenna is presented for 2.4GHz WLAN applications. Unlike conventional stub loaded helical (SLH) antennas, the input impedance of the proposed antenna is real. Therefore, a simple quarter-wave transformer can be used to match this antenna. Simulation results show that the antenna has a maximum gain of 10 dBi, a front-to-back ratio of 12dbi, a 70° half-power beam width and a good axial ratio. The volume of PSLSH antenna is 75% less than conventional axial mode helical antennas and 17% less than SLH antennas. Furthermore, the usable bandwidth of PSLSH antenna (46%) is significantly higher compared to SLH antenna (10%).
  • Keywords
    "Helical antennas","Bandwidth","Antenna radiation patterns","Loaded antennas","Impedance","Substrates"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2015.7304774
  • Filename
    7304774