volume | PIER Journals

Abstract

A wideband end fire antenna architecture in planar technology with fewer turns: helix antenna in planar technology adopting thickness of quarter wavelength is suggested. A wideband 24 GHz helix antenna with 2.25 turns in Rogers compressed RT 4350 technology is presented. The antenna has a bandwidth of 6.2 GHz for S₁₁, gain of 9.3 dBi, half power width of 39.5° and 39° respectively in X-Z and X-Y planes. This helix antenna is characterized by wide bandwidth, high gain, high half power width, compactness and high gain turn ratio. It could also be utilized in antenna design for other frequency bands with compressed PCB technology, as well for on-chip THz antenna design.

1. Zhong, S., Antenna Theory and Techniques, 2nd edition, Publishing House of Electronic Industry, Beijing, 2015.

2. Kommalapati, A. C., C. Zhao, and S. Aditya, "A printed planar helix antenna," 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015. Google Scholar

3. Syrytsin, I., S. Zhang, and G. F. Pedersen, "Circularly polarized planar helix phased antenna array for 5G mobile terminals," International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), Verona, Italy, 2017. Google Scholar

4. Huang, J., Z. Xue, W. Ren, and W. Li, "The low-profile end-fire antenna with circular polarization at S band," IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 2017. Google Scholar

5. Chen, Z. and Z. Shen, "Planar helical antenna of circular polarization," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 63, No. 10, 4315-4323, 2015.
doi:10.1109/TAP.2015.2463746 Google Scholar

6. Zainud-Deen, S. H., H. A. El-Azem Malhat, N. A. A. S. El-Shalaby, and S. M. Gaber, "Circular polarization bandwidth reconfigurable high gain planar plasma helical antenna," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 47, No. 9, 4274-4280, 2019.
doi:10.1109/TPS.2019.2931989 Google Scholar

7. Naqvi, A. H., J.-H. Park, C.-W. Baek, and S. Lim, "V-band end-fire radiating planar micromachined helical antenna using through-glass silicon via (TGSV) technology," IEEE Access, No. 7, 87907-87915, 2019.
doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2925073 Google Scholar

8. Chen, Q., W. Wu, Y. Di, and Z. Hu, "A planar compact helical log-periodic array," IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 2018. Google Scholar

9. Kraus, J. D. and R. J. Marhefka, Antennas: For All Applications, 3rd edition, Publishing House of Electronic Industry, Beijing, 2008.

Dr. Yanfei Mao

Professor Shiju E