Title :
Honeycomb wire antenna
Author :
Nakano, H. ; Tajima, S. ; Yamauchi, J.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., Hosei Univ., Koganei, Japan
fDate :
10/10/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A honeycomb wire antenna is numerically analysed. The radiation in the direction normal to the antenna plane is linearly polarised with a low cross-polarisation component of <-30 dB. The gain is dependent on the interior angles of the radiation cell. The maximum gain for a honey comb antenna of two cells by 17 cells with interior angles of 70° is ~20.5 dB, and the gain drop over a 4% frequency bandwidth is ~2.56 dB
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; current distribution; method of moments; microwave antenna arrays; wire antennas; 20.5 dB; antenna plane; array antenna; cross-polarisation component; current distribution; gain drop; honeycomb wire antenna; interior angles; linearly polarised; method of moments; radiation cell;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19961309