A spiral antenna backed by a conducting plane reflector
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- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Vol. 34 (6) , 791-796
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.1986.1143893
Abstract
An Archimedean planar spiral antenna is numerically analyzed in the presence of a conducting plane reflector. The analysis shows that the spiral antenna backed by the plane reflector has two distinct regions in the current distribution, which explain the radiation of a circularly polarized wave for the outer circumferenceCranging over about1.3 \lambda < C < 1.5 \lambdaandC > 2.9 \lambda, where\lambdais a free-space wavelength. Further consideration is given to a truncated spiral antenna whose outer circumference is on the order of1.4 \lambda. The truncated spiral antenna maintains a decaying current distribution and radiates a circularly polarized wave over a 1:1.2 frequency bandwidth. It is also demonstrated that a power gain on the order of 8.5 dB is realized over the same frequency range.Keywords
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