Unbalanced-mode spiral antenna backed by an extremely shallow cavity

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1625-1633

  Nakano, Hisamatsu ^a   Igarashi, Tatsuya ^a   Oyanagi, Hiroshi ^a   Iitsuka, Yasushi ^a   Yamauchi, Junji ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circular polarization; Current decomposition; Low profile antenna; Spiral antenna; Unbalanced mode

Indexed keywords

ARCHIMEDEAN SPIRAL ANTENNAS; BALUN CIRCUITS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CURRENT DECOMPOSITION; DESIGN FREQUENCIES; FEED SYSTEMS; FREQUENCY RANGES; LOW-PROFILE ANTENNA; LOW-PROFILE ANTENNAS; SHALLOW CAVITIES; SPIRAL ANTENNA; SPIRAL ANTENNAS; SPIRAL ARMS; UNBALANCED MODE; WIDEBAND ANTENNA;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; POLARIZATION;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 67649409012     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2019916     Document Type: Article

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