Design and Testing of Simple, Electrically Small, Low-Profile, Huygens Source Antennas with Broadside Radiation Performance

Tang, MC; Wang, H; Ziolkowski, RW

Design and Testing of Simple, Electrically Small, Low-Profile, Huygens Source Antennas with Broadside Radiation Performance

Tang, MC Wang, H Ziolkowski, RW

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Citation:: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2016, 64 (11), pp. 4607 - 4617
Issue Date:: 2016-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Tang, MC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wang, H	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ziolkowski, RW https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4256-6902	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2016, 64 (11), pp. 4607 - 4617	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0018-926X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/65216
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 IEEE. The efficacy of a simple, electrically small, low-profile, Huygens source antenna that radiates in its broadside direction is demonstrated numerically and experimentally. First, two types of electrically small, near-field resonant parasitic (NFRP) antennas are introduced and their individual radiation performance characteristics are discussed. The electric one is based on a modified Egyptian axe dipole NFRP element; the magnetic one is based on a capacitively loaded loop NFRP element. In both cases, the driven element is a simple coax-fed dipole antenna, and there is no ground plane. By organically combining these two elements, Huygens source antennas are obtained. A forward propagating demonstrator version was fabricated and tested. The experimental results are in good agreement with their analytical and simulated values. This low profile, ∼0.05λ0, and electrically small, ka = 0.645, prototype yielded a peak realized gain of 2.03 dBi in the broadside direction with a front-to-back ratio of 16.92 dB. A backward radiating version is also obtained; its simulated current distribution behavior is compared with that of the forward version to illustrate the design principles.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160102219
dc.relation.ispartof	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/TAP.2016.2606552	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Networking & Telecommunications	en_US
dc.title	Design and Testing of Simple, Electrically Small, Low-Profile, Huygens Source Antennas with Broadside Radiation Performance	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	11	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	64	en_US
utslib.for	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	1005 Communications Technologies	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - GBDTC - Global Big Data Technologies
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	11	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	64	en_US

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© 2016 IEEE. The efficacy of a simple, electrically small, low-profile, Huygens source antenna that radiates in its broadside direction is demonstrated numerically and experimentally. First, two types of electrically small, near-field resonant parasitic (NFRP) antennas are introduced and their individual radiation performance characteristics are discussed. The electric one is based on a modified Egyptian axe dipole NFRP element; the magnetic one is based on a capacitively loaded loop NFRP element. In both cases, the driven element is a simple coax-fed dipole antenna, and there is no ground plane. By organically combining these two elements, Huygens source antennas are obtained. A forward propagating demonstrator version was fabricated and tested. The experimental results are in good agreement with their analytical and simulated values. This low profile, ∼0.05λ0, and electrically small, ka = 0.645, prototype yielded a peak realized gain of 2.03 dBi in the broadside direction with a front-to-back ratio of 16.92 dB. A backward radiating version is also obtained; its simulated current distribution behavior is compared with that of the forward version to illustrate the design principles.

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