Direct feed biconical antenna as a reference antenna

Author

Sapuan, Syarfa Zahirah ; Kazemipour, Alireza ; Jenu, Mohd Zarar Mohd

Author_Institution

Center for Electromagn. Compatibility, Univ. Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Batu Pahat, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

12-14 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

5

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Antenna factor is the main parameter in EMC measurement. Therefore, accurate and low uncertainty antenna is important in order to gain a reliable antenna factor. Direct feed biconical antenna has low uncertainty because balun can be eliminated in the design. Furthermore, the biconical antenna has fix phase center. This paper focuses on type of connectors and antenna sizes that are suitable to be used as a calibration antenna. The return loss for frequency range between 200Mz to 2GHz was measured using network analyzer and found to vary between 10dB to 20dB.

Keywords

UHF antennas; VHF antennas; antenna feeds; conical antennas; electromagnetic compatibility; network analysers; EMC measurement; antenna factor; antenna sizes; balun; calibration antenna; connectors; direct feed biconical antenna; fix phase center; frequency 200 MHz to 2 GHz; loss 10 dB to 20 dB; low uncertainty antenna; network analyzer; reference antenna; return loss; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Connectors; Impedance matching; antenna calibration; antenna factor; biconical antenna; electromagnetic compatibility;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Microwave Conference (RFM), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1628-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFM.2011.6168682

Filename

6168682