Title :
Broadband coplanar waveguide-coplanar strip-fed spiral antenna
Author :
Li, M.-Y. ; Tilley, K. ; McCleary, J. ; Chang, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
fDate :
1/5/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel broadband coaxial-coplanar waveguide-coplanar strip-fed spiral antenna is presented. The antenna has good radiation patterns and a return loss of better than 10 dB over a wide bandwidth from 0.4 to 3.6 GHz. A DC-3.7 GHz broadband balun was developed for the antenna feed
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; baluns; coplanar waveguides; losses; microwave antennas; spiral antennas; 0.4 to 3.6 GHz; 10 dB; 3.2 GHz; 3.7 GHz; CPW-coplanar strip-fed spiral antenna; antenna feed; broadband balun; broadband operation; coplanar waveguide; radiation patterns; return loss; wide bandwidth;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950017
