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Circular wire loop antenna with stepped wire diameter
Author(s) -
Scott H.,
Fusco V. F.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.10358
Subject(s) - standing wave ratio , microwave , engineering , electrical engineering , offset (computer science) , antenna (radio) , optics , acoustics , physics , telecommunications , microstrip antenna , computer science , programming language
A circular wire‐loop antenna of 1.042λ 0 circumference at 1 GHz with 4:1 balun and stepped wire diameter is presented in this Letter. A fixed E ‐field beam offset from broadside of −7.5° is demonstrated with a VSWR of 1.17 at 1 GHz. The antenna has an operational bandwidth of 29% for VSWR < 2 and an estimated gain of 1.24 dB. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 34: 14–15, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10358