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Design of high return loss logarithmic spiral antenna
Author(s) -
Morbidel Leonardo,
Bulus Rossini Laureano A.,
Costanzo Caso Pablo A.
Publication year - 2017
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.30777
Subject(s) - return loss , logarithmic spiral , spiral antenna , antenna (radio) , electrical impedance , logarithm , acoustics , electrical engineering , spiral (railway) , adapter (computing) , physics , telecommunications , electronic engineering , computer science , engineering , dipole antenna , mathematics , coaxial antenna , geometry , mathematical analysis , mechanical engineering
We propose a new strategy for designing a logarithmic spiral antenna and the impedance adapter to operate in a frequency range of 1 to 10 GHz. Numerical and experimental results show a decrease in return loss being higher than 20 dB in almost the entire range of operation.