Title :
The Radiation
-Factor of a Horizontal
Dipole Above Ground Plane
Author :
Hazdra, Pavel ; Capek, Miloslav ; Eichler, Jakub ; Mazanek, Milos
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electromagn. Field, Czech Tech. Univ. in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
Closed-form equations are given for radiation quality factor of a thin-wire λ/2 dipole above an infinite electric ground plane. Particular results of interest include a simple formula for a small separation between the dipole and the ground and for one dipole in free space.
Keywords :
Q-factor; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; dipole antennas; antenna theory; closed-form equations; horizontal thin-wire λ/2 dipole antennas; infinite electric ground plane; radiation Q-factor; radiation quality factor; Antenna theory; Current distribution; Dipole antennas; Equations; Impedance; Q-factor; Resonant frequency; $Q$-factor; Antenna theory; dipole antennas;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2014.2329421