Title :
Compact square spiral printed antenna
Author :
Heng Wei ; Min Lin ; Yang Xiang
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Commun. Eng., PLA Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
A novel compact printed antenna with a spiral winding and a loop feed is proposed. After optimising the design parameters, the prototype of the antenna with a small electrical size of 0.043λc × 0.043λc × 0.001λc is fabricated. It is shown that a central frequency as low as 425.9 MHz can be achieved without any additional matching networks, and a good omnidirectional radiation pattern similar to the dipole antenna is obtained.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; loop antennas; microstrip antennas; spiral antennas; compact square spiral printed antenna; dipole antenna; loop feed; omnidirectional radiation pattern; spiral winding;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2013.3784