Broadband conical printed quadrifilar helical antenna with integrated feed network

  1. Shiwen Yang1,
  2. Soon Hie Tan2,
  3. Yeow Beng Gan1,
  4. Chun Wee See2

Article first published online: 21 NOV 2002

DOI: 10.1002/mop.10646

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Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volume 35, Issue 6, pages 491–493, 20 December 2002

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Yang, S., Tan, S. H., Gan, Y. B. and See, C. W. (2002), Broadband conical printed quadrifilar helical antenna with integrated feed network. Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett., 35: 491–493. doi: 10.1002/mop.10646

Author Information

  1. 1

    Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260

  2. 2

    School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 NOV 2002
  2. Article first published online: 21 NOV 2002
  3. Manuscript Received: 11 JUN 2002

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Keywords:

  • printed quadrifilar helical antennas;
  • circular polarization;
  • broadband

Abstract

A new approach to designing a broadband printed quadrifilar helical antenna (PQHA) is presented. The printed wire is conical in shape, while the feed network is directly integrated underneath the antenna. The entire system is designed using Ansoft HFSS. Good agreement with the experimental results is obtained. The impedance and axial ratio bandwidth values are greater than 32.4% and 18.5%, respectively. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 35: 491–493, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10646

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