Abstract
It is shown that a side-fed bifilar helix antenna with a single feed, can generate a slant 451 linearly polarized onmidirectional toroidal pattern. The antenna has a low profile and does not require a ground plane. The bifilar helix antenna provides slant 45 degrees polarization over a solid angle of almost 4 pi steradians as compared to a crossed dipole which generates a tilted 45 degrees linearly, polarized pattern only over a solid angle of 1.14 pi steradians. The computed results are validated by experimental data.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3087-3090 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation |
Volume | 55 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |