Title :
Finding the resonate length of low frequency helical dipoles
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
An efficient recursive procedure to find the resonant length of a normal mode uniformly winding helical dipole antenna, has been developed. In the procedure, starting with two (or an arbitrary even number) turns, the moment method impedance elements are found and the Toeplitz equations are solved. If the imaginary part of the input impedance is capacitive, the antenna does not resonate. So we add one turn on each end of the dipole. Two more impedances are computed for the new dipole. These two impedances, the previous antenna current and impedance elements are used to find the new input impedance with very simple calculations. This process continues until the input impedance is real.
Keywords :
Toeplitz matrices; antenna theory; dipole antennas; electric impedance; helical antennas; method of moments; microwave antennas; 27 to 150 MHz; Toeplitz equations; antenna current; input impedance; moment method impedance elements; normal mode uniformly winding helical dipole antenna; resonant length; resonate length; Curve fitting; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Helical antennas; Impedance; Integral equations; Moment methods; Performance gain; Resonance; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1997. IEEE., 1997 Digest
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4178-3
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1997.631479