Design and analysis of a 3-arm spiral antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-266

  Müller, Dominikus J ^a   Sarabandi, Kamal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular polarization; Unbalanced spiral; Wideband antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

SPIRAL ANTENNA; UNBALANCED SPIRAL; WIDEBAND ANTENNA;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33947371738     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.889798     Document Type: Article

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