• DocumentCode
    247223
  • Title

    Matching two-arm spiral impedance without balun

  • Author

    Anthony, Theodore K. ; Zaghloul, Amir I.

  • Author_Institution
    US Army Res. Lab., Adelphi, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-11 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    1325
  • Lastpage
    1326
  • Abstract
    Spiral antennas can be designed to cover decades of bandwidth (e.g. 350-8350 MHz). Connecting the antenna directly to the coaxial cable without a balun would reduce fabrication costs without sacrificing realized gain. This paper shows how two-arm spiral antennas can be designed to have a broadband impedance close to 50 Ohms, rather than the traditional 180 Ohms, without the need to make and attach a balun.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; coaxial cables; impedance matching; microwave antennas; spiral antennas; broadband impedance; coaxial cable; fabrication cost reduction; frequency 350 MHz to 8350 MHz; spiral antennas; two-arm spiral antennas; two-arm spiral impedance matching; Broadband antennas; Coaxial cables; Impedance; Impedance matching; Spirals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Memphis, TN
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3538-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2014.6904988
  • Filename
    6904988