A COMPARISON BETWEEN A N-ELEMENTS CIRCULAR ARRAY AND AN ELECTRICALLY THICK TUBULAR DIPOLE ANTENNA WITH EQUIVALENT RADIUS,

Abstract

A comparison is made on the properties of an equally-spaced, identically-driven N-elements circular array with a circumference less than a free space wavelength, and an electrically thick tubular dipole antenna with a radius equal to that of the array. In the case of an array with infinite long elements, it is found that two current distributions differ from each other only by a term which is in the order of 1/N Log N. In the case of an array with elements of finite length, a modified King's three term theory has been applied and compared with the numerical solution of an electrically thick tubular dipole antenna. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0655079

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  • David Chang

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  • Harvard University

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  • Antennas
  • Dipole Antennas

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  • Engineering
  • Physics

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  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

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