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The folded dipole: A self‐balancing antenna
Author(s) -
Buxton Carey G.,
Stutzman Warren L.,
Nealy Randall R.,
Orndorff Aaron M.
Publication year - 2001
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.1114
Subject(s) - dipole , dipole antenna , antenna (radio) , microwave , transmission line , radiation pattern , physics , electrical impedance , wavelength , loop antenna , input impedance , optics , radiation , electrical engineering , engineering , coaxial antenna , quantum mechanics
The folded dipole is known to have a fourfold increase in input impedance over that of a dipole. However, the half‐wavelength folded dipole also maintains a balanced radiation pattern when fed with an unbalanced transmission line. A numerical and experimental investigation of the folded dipole performance is reported in this paper. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 29: 155–160, 2001.