Low-profile equiangular spiral antenna backed by an EBG reflector

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1309-1318

  Nakano, Hisamatsu ^a   Kikkawa, Katsuki ^a,b   Kondo, Norihiro ^a   Iitsuka, Yasushi ^a   Yamauchi, Junji ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic band gap (EBG) reflector; Equiangular spiral; Extremely low profile structure; Wideband operation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA CHARACTERISTICS; AXIAL RATIO; BI-DIRECTIONAL; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; DESIGN FREQUENCIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND GAP (EBG) REFLECTOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND GAPS; EQUIANGULAR SPIRAL; EXTREMELY LOW-PROFILE STRUCTURE; FIELD COMPONENTS; FREE SPACE; INPUT IMPEDANCE; LOW PROFILE; LOW-PROFILE ANTENNAS; PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR; RADIATION FIELD; SPIRAL ARMS; UPPER SURFACE; WIDE-BAND; WIDEBAND CHARACTERISTICS; WIDEBAND OPERATION;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENERGY GAP; FREQUENCY BANDS; RADAR ANTENNAS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

REFLECTION;

EID: 67349146601     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2016697     Document Type: Article

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