Open AccessMiniaturized LPDA Antenna for Portable Direction Finding Applications
Author(s) -
Yeo Junho,
Lee JongIg
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
etri journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.295
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2233-7326
pISSN - 1225-6463
DOI - 10.4218/etrij.12.0211.0178
Subject(s) - antenna (radio) , dipole antenna , antenna measurement , ranging , antenna factor , antenna gain , electrical engineering , physics , optics , materials science , telecommunications , engineering
In this letter, a miniaturized log‐periodic dipole array (LPDA) antenna operating from 1 GHz to 6 GHz is proposed for portable direction finding applications. To reduce the lateral size of an LPDA antenna, bow‐tie elements and a top‐loading technique are utilized and spacing factor is decreased to reduce the spacing between the LPDA elements. The proposed miniaturized LPDA antenna has the measured gain and front‐to‐back ratio ranging from 1.2 dBi to 3 dBi and from 7 dB to 22 dB, respectively.