Pattern purity of coiled-arm spiral antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 758-766

  Radway, Matthew J ^a   Cencich, Thomas P ^b   Filipović, Dejan S ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna radiation patterns; antennas; four arm spiral antennas; loaded antennas; log spiral antennas; spiral antennas

Indexed keywords

3-DB BEAMWIDTH; ANTENNA DESIGN; ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS; AXIAL RATIO; CO-POLARIZED; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; CROSS POLARIZATION DISCRIMINATION; FAR FIELD MEASUREMENT; FAR-FIELD; FAR-FIELD PATTERNS; FOUR-ARM SPIRAL ANTENNAS; LOADED ANTENNAS; LOG SPIRAL ANTENNAS; MOMENT METHODS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; OFF-AXIS; SPIRAL ARMS;

HELICAL ANTENNAS; SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 79952180759     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2103033     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. J. A. Kaiser, "The archimedean two-wire spiral antenna," IRE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 8, pp. 312-323, May 1960.
2. J. D. Dyson, "The equiangular spiral antenna," IRE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. AP-7, pp. 181-187, Apr. 1959.
3. R. G. Corzine and J. A. Mosko, Four-Arm Spiral Antennas. Norwood, MA: Artech House, 1990.
4. B. A. Kramer, M. Lee, C.-C. Chen, and J. L. Volakis, "Design and performance of an ultrawideband ceramic-loaded slot spiral," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 53, pp. 2193-2199, Jul. 2005. (Pubitemid 41064283)
5. B. A. Kramer, S. Koulouridis, C.-C. Chen, and J. L. Volakis, "A novel reflective surface for an UHF spiral antenna," IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 5, pp. 32-34, Dec. 2006.
6. J. L. Volakis, G. Mumcu, K. Sertel, C.-C. Chen, M. Lee, B. Kramer, D. Psychoudakis, and G. Kisiltas, "Antenna miniaturization using magnetic- photonic and degenerate band-edge crystals," IEEE Antennas Propag. Mag., vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 12-28, Oct. 2006. (Pubitemid 46357888)
7. H. Nakano and J. Yamauchi, "Sunflower spiral antenna," in Proc. IEEE Antennas Propag. Soc. Int. Symp., Jun. 1980, pp. 709-712.
8. D. S. Filipović and J. L. Volakis, "Broadband meanderline slot spiral antenna," IEE Proc. - Microw. Antennas Propag., vol. 149, no. 2, pp. 98-105, Apr. 2002. (Pubitemid 34806703)
9. D. S. Filipović and J. L. Volakis, "A flush-mounted multifunctional slot aperture (combo-antenna) for automotive applications," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 52, pp. 563-571, Feb. 2004.
10. D. S. Filipović, A. U. Bhobe, and T. P. Cencich, "Low-profile broadband dual-mode four-arm slot spiral antenna with dual Dyson balun feed," IEE Proc. Microw. Antennas Propag., vol. 152, no. 6, pp. 527-533, Dec. 2005. (Pubitemid 41812356)
11. M. Lee, B. A. Kramer, C.-C. Chen, and J. L. Volakis, "Distributed lumped loads and lossy transmission line model for wideband spiral antenna miniaturization and characterization," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 55, pp. 2671-2678, Oct. 2007. (Pubitemid 47577929)
12. D. S. Filipovic, M. Nurnberger, and J. L. Volakis, "Ultra wideband slot spiral with dielectric loading: measurements and simulations," in Proc. IEEE Antennas Propag. Soc. Int. Symp., Jul. 2000, pp. 1536-1539. (Pubitemid 32018251)
13. B. A. Kramer, S.Koulouridis, C.-C. Chen, and J. L.Volakis, "Miniature UWB conformal aperture with volumetric inductive loading," in Proc. IEEE Antennas Propag. Soc. Int. Symp., Jul. 2006, pp. 3693-3696.
14. B. A. Kramer, C.-C. Chen, and J. L. Volakis, "Size reduction of a low-profile spiral antenna using inductive and dielectric loading," IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 7, pp. 22-25, 2008. (Pubitemid 351356066)
15. FEKO 5.5 User Manual. Stellenbosch, S.A., EMSS: EM Software and Systems, 2009.
16. R.-S. Cheo, V. H. Rumsey, and J. W. Welch, "A solution to the frequency- independent antenna problem," IRE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 9, pp. 527-534, Nov. 1961.
17. V. H. Rumsey, Frequency Independent Antennas. New York: Academic Press, 1966.
18. R. Sivan-Sussman, "Various modes of the equiangular spiral antenna," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 11, pp. 533-539, Sep. 1963.
19. T. P. Cencich and J. A. Huffman, "The analysis of wideband spiral antennas using modal decomposition," IEEE Antennas Propag. Mag., vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 20-26, Aug. 2004.
20. H. Nakano, "A meander spiral antenna," in Proc. IEEE Antennas Propag. Soc. Int. Symp., Jun. 2004, vol. 3, pp. 2243-2246.
21. H. Nakano, K. Nogami, S. Arai, H. Mimaki, and J. Yamauchi, "A spiral antenna backed by a conducting plane reflector," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 791-796, Jun. 1986. (Pubitemid 16631446)
22. R. T. Gloutak and N. G. Alexopoulous, "Two-arm eccentric spiral antenna," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 723-730, Apr. 1997.
23. S. E. Lipsky, Microwave Passive Direction Finding. Raleigh, NC: SciTech Publishing, 2004.