Departmental Papers (ESE)
Title
Peano Antennas
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
January 2004
Abstract
In this letter, we investigate the radiation characteristics of Peano antenna, i.e., a single antenna made of a thin wire, patterned after a special type of space-filling curve known as the Peano curve. We use a moment-method-based simulation code to study various properties of this antenna, namely, the radiation pattern, impedance bandwidth, current distribution, cross-polarization level, radiation efficiency, and the feed location for achieving an electrically small matched antenna. As in the case of the Hilbert antenna, the radiation patterns of a Peano antenna resemble those of a linear dipole; however, this antenna has a lower cross-polarization level than the Hilbert antenna and, for a matched Peano antenna, the resonant frequency is lower than the same order matched Hilbert antenna at the expense of a smaller input-impedance bandwidth.
Keywords
Bandwidth, Hilbert antenna, input impedance, matched antenna, miniaturized antenna, Peano curve, small antenna
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Date Posted: 14 October 2004
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Copyright © 2004 IEEE. Reprinted from IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters Vol. 3, 2004 Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2004.827899
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