• DocumentCode
    1896263
  • Title

    The minimum value for the quality factor of an electrically small antenna in spheroidal coordinates – TM case

  • Author

    Hansen, Peder M. ; Adams, Richard

  • Author_Institution
    Electromagn. & Adv. Technol. Div., SPAWAR Syst. Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    11-17 July 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper presents results for the minimum possible radiation Q of an antenna contained within a spheroidal volume (oblate or prolate) as a function of the spheroid aspect ratio, and size with respect to a wavelength. The variation with aspect ratio gives additional information on the effect of antenna shape. The results in this paper are limited to the case of omni-directional TM modes with no energy stored within the spheroid.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; antenna radiation patterns; antenna shape; electrically small antenna; minimum quality factor value; omnidirectional TM modes; spheroid aspect ratio; spheroidal coordinates; Dipole antennas; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Q factor; Shape; Web sites;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Toronto, ON
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4967-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2010.5562012
  • Filename
    5562012