Multi-conductor quadrifilar antennas
S.
E.
Bankov1,
A. S. Bychkov2,
A. G. Davydov2,
A. A. Kurushin3
1Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio-engineering and
Electronics of RAS
2MDB "Kompas"
3MPEI (TU)
Received August 30, 2010
Abstract.
Multi-conductor quadrifilar helix antennas are considered. Such antenna contains
four helix radiators. Each of them consists of several metal conductors. The
following variants of multi-conductor quadrifilar helix antennas are
investigated: quarter – wavelength with two and three conductors and half –
wavelength with two and three conductors. Phenomenological theory of such
antennas is proposed. Results of numerical and experimental investigation of
such antennas are presented.
Keywords:
quadrifilar
antenna, helix antenna, multi-conductor helix antenna.