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Resonant frequency calculation of meander dipole antennas by TLM
Author(s) -
Puente David,
Valderas Daniel,
García Joseba,
Meléndez Juan,
Gómez Javier,
Sancho Juan Ignacio
Publication year - 2008
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.23463
Subject(s) - meander (mathematics) , miniaturization , dipole , microwave , dipole antenna , antenna (radio) , resonance (particle physics) , transmission line , electrical engineering , electronic engineering , physics , engineering , acoustics , computational physics , topology (electrical circuits) , telecommunications , mathematics , geometry , atomic physics , quantum mechanics
A new method for calculating the resonance frequency of an arbitrary meander dipole antenna (MDA) is proposed by making use of a full transmission line model approach. Once the current distribution of MDA is analyzed, a theoretical formula is obtained for input voltage and resonance frequency calculation. The model is compared with simulations and prototype measurements on three MDA families: those which exhibit an increasing number of meanders, variable meander sizes, and locations within MDA, respectively. The error is below 7.8% in all cases. Conclusions are drawn on optimal meanders for miniaturization. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 1707–1712, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23463