Title :
Multifrequency excitation of a wire antenna for an invariant radiation pattern
Author :
Shen, Liang Chi ; Tsang, L. ; Kong, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
fDate :
11/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is shown that a figure-eight field pattern can be obtained for a wire antenna which is

wavelength long, where

is any integer. Two sources are needed when

is odd and three sources are needed when

is even.
Keywords :
Dipole antennas; Multifrequency antennas; Wire antennas; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic waveguides; Frequency; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Multifrequency antennas; Wavelength measurement; Wire;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1972.1140319