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Axial Mode Helical Antenna with Variable Pitch Angle and Parasitic Helix Wire

YANG Fang 1;2, ZHANG Kai 1, CHEN Chen 1, GUO Chenjiang 1, XU Jia-dong 1   

  1. 1. School of Electronics and information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China; 2. School of Information and Control Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China
  • Received:2008-06-27 Revised:2008-09-08 Online:2008-12-10 Published:2008-12-10
  • Contact: YANG Fang

Abstract: A helical antenna with a variable pitch angle and a parasitic helix wire is designed to improve radiation performance of helical antennas. Its radiation properties including radiation patterns, power gain and axial ratio are simulated using the software FEKO. The results show that power gain can be improved. It is circularly polarized in a wide bandwidth. The method is simple and efficient for improving radiation performance of axial mode helical antennas.

Key words: parasitic helix wire, variable pitch angle, helical antenna

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