The design tradeoffs between three spherically conformal electric monopoles-the spherical
helix (SH), spherical meanderline (SM), and a hybrid design-are explored through both …

Conformal antennas printed on thin flexible sub-strates typically use copper conductors for
the radiating portion of the designs. This paper presents an alternative to using copper …

This paper presents the development and design of flexible and conformal printed
monopoles antennas. The main objective is to control the level of radiation in broadside …

It is shown how modern rapid prototyping technologies can be applied for quick and
inexpensive, but still accurate, fabrication of electrically small wire antennas. A well known …

When compared to printed cavity-backed spirals, slot spiral antennas offer the possibility of
designs that are conformal and very thin. We discuss the physical characteristics of a cavity …

This is the first comprehensive treatment of conformal antenna arrays from an engineering
perspective. While providing a thorough foundation in theory, the authors of this publication …

A new antenna, the planar inverted cone antenna (PICA), provides ultrawideband (UWB)
performance with a radiation pattern similar to monopole disk antennas, but is smaller in …

The Sierpinski gasket monopole is known to exhibit a certain degree of periodic multiband
behavior in terms of its input impedance characteristics. However, its overall performance …

A novel conical monopole antenna composed of multiple spiral wires for the HF to VHF
frequency bands is presented. The antenna exhibits broad bandwidth and good efficiency in …

The design process and the deployment mechanism of a quadrifilar helix antenna (QHA)
and a conical log spiral antenna (CLSA) are presented. The two antennas are proposed to …