• DocumentCode
    1607861
  • Title

    Bandwidth enhancement of a hemispherical helical antenna using a parasitic wire

  • Author

    Latef, T.A. ; Khamas, S.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    269
  • Lastpage
    272
  • Abstract
    A hemispherical helical antenna that is radiating in the presence of a conformal parasitic wire has been studied. The attained results demonstrate that the 3 dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth can be increased by ~100% for an optimized length and position of the parasitic wire. The analysis has been implemented using the method of moments (MoM), and the results have been compared with simulations using a commercial software package with good agreement.
  • Keywords
    helical antennas; bandwidth enhancement; commercial software package; conformal parasitic wire; hemispherical helical antenna; method of moments; optimized length; Bandwidth; Dielectric resonator antennas; Helical antennas; Impedance; Moment methods; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2010 Loughborough
  • Conference_Location
    Loughborough
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7304-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LAPC.2010.5666258
  • Filename
    5666258