Title :
A 2–5 GHz circular Eleven antenna with improved BOR1 efficiency
Author :
Yin, Jungang ; Yang, Jian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway
Abstract :
This paper presents an improved Eleven antenna - the circular Eleven antenna, which has 0.3 dB higher BOR1 efficiency than previous models. In this way the aperture efficiency becomes higher when it is used as a feed for reflector antennas. The new feed is constructed by using circularly curved folded dipoles which are printed on four flat circuit boards, referred to as then petals as in previous models. The demonstration of the improvement is shown over the limited frequency range 2 - 5 GHz to reduce computation time.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; reflector antenna feeds; aperture efficiency; circular Eleven antenna; circularly curved folded dipoles; computation time; flat circuit boards; frequency 2 GHz to 5 GHz; improved BOR1 efficiency; reflector antenna feed; Antenna feeds; Dipole antennas; Reflector antennas; Shape; Aperture efficiency; BOR1 efficiency; Eleven Feed; Reflector Antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9562-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2011.5996513