Increasing Radiation Efficiency Using Antenna Shape Optimization Approach

  • Ruiyang Li
  • , Derek McNamara
  • , Gao Wei
  • , Jianzhou Li

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Abstract

From the characteristic mode point of view of electrically small antennas, radiation efficiency normally decreases significantly if multiple modes are well excited. Among all these well-excited modes, the one with the lowest modal radiation efficiency determines how much actual radiation efficiency is guaranteed. Based on this idea, this letter proposes a method for improving antenna efficiency using shape optimization approach. The optimized shape can give rise to a high efficiency and an implied high gain after being excited using a single port whose location is easily selected by observing characteristic-mode current distributions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)393-396
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
Volume17
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2018

Keywords

  • Antenna shape optimization
  • electrically small antennas
  • modal radiation efficiency
  • radiation efficiency

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