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TRAVELING WAVE
ANTENNAS
Veli YILDIRIM
Mithat Sacit ATAR
Cukurova University/ADANA/TURKEY
Electrical-Electronics Engineering
CONTENT:
-Helical Antenna
-Normal mode
-axial (end-fire) Mode
-Design Procedure
-feed design
-Yagi-uda antenna
-History
-effects of elements
-optimization
-input impedance and matching techniques -Traveling
wave antennas
-Calculation of radiation resistance
-Pattern function of traveling wave segments
-Vee traveling wave antenna
-Rhombic antenna
Helical Antenna
Far Field-Electric field component for short dipole: Far Field-Electric field component for small loop:
(All these relations are approximately valid provided 12◦ < α < 14◦, 3/4 < C/λ 0 < 4/3 and N >3.)
Helical Antenna
Design Procedure:
“ Empirical expressions ”
(All these relations are approximately valid provided 12◦ < α < 14◦, 3/4 < C/λ 0 < 4/3 and N >3.)
Helical Antenna
Design Procedure:
For ordinary end-fire the relative phase ψ among the various turns
of the helix.
θ
Helical Antenna
Design Procedure:
Where;
ω = width of strip conductor of the helix starting at the feed
εr = dielectric constant of the dielectric slab covering the
ground plane
Z0 = characteristic impedance of the input transmission line
725MHz 925MHz 1067MHz
Another very practical radiator in the HF (3–30 MHz), VHF (30–300 MHz), and UHF
(300–3,000 MHz) ranges is the Yagi-Uda antenna.
Yagi-Uda
Effects of Elements
Elevation Azimuth
Driver and
Reflector Elements
Driver, Reflector
and Director
Elements
Yagi-Uda
Optimization
The spacings between all the elements constant and vary the lengths of the
elements.
Maximum energy of rf transfer at the design frequency occurs when the impedance
of the feed point is equal to the impedance of the feedline.
Impedance matching devices are highly recommended for getting the best antenna
performance.
Folded dipole as the driven element which
Yagi-Uda with Folded
acts as a step-up impedance transformer.
Dipole
Gamma Match
Yagi-Uda
Design Procedure
Yagi
A vee traveling wave antenna is formed by connecting two matched traveling wave segments to the
end of a transmission line feed at an angle of 2o relative to each other.
Rhombic Antenna
A rhombic antenna is formed by connecting two vee traveling wave
antennas at their open ends.
References:
-ANTENNA THEORY ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (Constantine A. Balanis)3th Edition
-ANTENNAS FOR ALL APPLICATIONS (John D. Kraus)3th Edition
-MODERN ANTENNA BOOK(Constantine A. Balanis)
-http://www3.dogus.edu.tr/lsevgi/ (Prof. Dr. Levent Sevgi)
-http://antenna-theory.com
-http://yagi-uda.com/