Improving Axial Ratio of a Planar Phased Array of Spirals

Israël Hinostroza (1) , Régis Guinvarc'H (1) , Randy Haupt (2)

1 SONDRA - Sondra, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay (COmUE)
2 Penn State - Pennsylvania State University

A new planar spiral-like antenna array with wide band properties is presented here. The WAVES method is used along with a hexagonal spiral antenna to obtain a wide frequency band. This design allows a steering angle range of +/- 30° and a good circular polarization over the bandwidth.

Domaines: Electromagnétisme

Israël Hinostroza, Régis Guinvarc'H, Randy Haupt. Improving Axial Ratio of a Planar Phased Array of Spirals. 2010 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI 2010), Jul 2010, Toronto, Canada. ⟨10.1109/APS.2010.5561413⟩. ⟨hal-00556233⟩