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Effects of meandering on dipole antenna resonant frequency

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Olaode, OO; Palmer, WD; Joines, WT
Published in: IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
2012

In low-frequency applications, antenna designers find that it is beneficial to adjust the resonant frequency while preferably maintaining the physical size as a means of improving the antenna's radiation resistance, which in turn improves the radiation efficiency. The closer the resonant frequency is to the frequency of operation, the more efficient the antenna is. Addition of bends is one such technique for increasing the electrical size of a dipole antenna while maintaining the same overall physical length. This letter presents a study of the effects of bends on the resonant frequency of a dipole antenna in the VHF frequency range. A broadband equivalent circuit model for a straight dipole from previous work is adapted to a three-bend meander dipole antenna, and its performance is compared to that of a straight dipole having the same overall physical length. The predicted frequency response of the broadband model is calculated using circuit simulation software and compared to results from computational electromagnetic modeling and network-analyzer measurement of prototype straight and meandered dipole antennas. © 2006 IEEE.

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IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

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1536-1225

Publication Date

2012

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11

Start / End Page

122 / 125

Related Subject Headings

  • Networking & Telecommunications
  • 4006 Communications engineering
  • 1005 Communications Technologies
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
 

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Olaode, O. O., Palmer, W. D., & Joines, W. T. (2012). Effects of meandering on dipole antenna resonant frequency. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 11, 122–125. https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2012.2184255
Olaode, O. O., W. D. Palmer, and W. T. Joines. “Effects of meandering on dipole antenna resonant frequency.” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 11 (2012): 122–25. https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2012.2184255.
Olaode OO, Palmer WD, Joines WT. Effects of meandering on dipole antenna resonant frequency. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 2012;11:122–5.
Olaode, O. O., et al. “Effects of meandering on dipole antenna resonant frequency.” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 11, 2012, pp. 122–25. Scival, doi:10.1109/LAWP.2012.2184255.
Olaode OO, Palmer WD, Joines WT. Effects of meandering on dipole antenna resonant frequency. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 2012;11:122–125.

Published In

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

DOI

ISSN

1536-1225

Publication Date

2012

Volume

11

Start / End Page

122 / 125

Related Subject Headings

  • Networking & Telecommunications
  • 4006 Communications engineering
  • 1005 Communications Technologies
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering