Size Reduced Multi-Band Printed Quadrifilar Helical Antenna

Author

Rabemanantsoa, Josh ; Sharaiha, Ala

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. & de Telecommun. of Rennes, Univ. de Rennes I, Rennes, France

Volume

59

Issue

9

fYear

2011

Firstpage

3138

Lastpage

3143

Abstract

A simple and innovative method for designing a spiral folded printed quadrifilar helix antenna (S-FPQHA) for dual-band operations is presented. The axial length of a conventional PQHA is miniaturized of about 43% by meandering and turning the helix arms into the form of square spirals. Parametric studies are performed to explore the performance improvements. Based on the studies a dual band antenna working in L1/L5 GPS application is realized with a good gain and a good circular polarization. Measured results are presented to validate the concept.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; helical antennas; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; polarisation; satellite antennas; L1GPS; L5 GPS; S-FPQHA; axial length; circular polarization; multiband printed quadrifilar helical antenna; spiral folded printed quadrifilar helix antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Frequency measurement; Helical antennas; Polarization; Reflection; Resonant frequency; Circular polarization; GPS application; dual-band antenna; folded antenna; miniaturization; printed quadrifilar helical antenna;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2011.2161436

Filename

5944959