• DocumentCode
    2884978
  • Title

    The directivity of a Yagi-Uda antenna from an effective propagation constant

  • Author

    Aumann, Herbert ; Myne, Anu ; Tuttle, Kristan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    7-13 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    1514
  • Lastpage
    1515
  • Abstract
    A technique is presented for determining the directivity of a long, uniform Yagi-Uda antenna. It is shown that the maximum directivity is limited by the propagation constant of the particular antenna structure. The propagation constant can be determined by means of a two-port antenna test fixture with M and M + 1 directors.
  • Keywords
    Yagi antenna arrays; antenna testing; directive antennas; radiowave propagation; antenna structure; directivity determination; propagation constant; two-port antenna test fixture; uniform Yagi-Uda antenna; Arrays; Mathematical model; Propagation constant; Transmission line measurements; Yagi-Uda antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5315-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2013.6711416
  • Filename
    6711416