Simulation for High Frequency (HF) range of helical antenna

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Samihah, Md Sharif, Juliana, Ishak, Nurul Huda, Zanal, Asmalia, Amat Mushim, Mohd Aswad, Isa, Iza Sazanita
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Analytical models; Antenna; Bandwidth; Communication; Communication systems; Helical antennas; HF system; Resonant frequency; Simulation
• DOI: 10.1109/CSSR.2010.5773807

This paper is discusses on the designing of helical antenna in the High Frequency (HF) range from 3 MHz to 30 MHz. The software used for the simulation is the CST Microwave Studio (CST MWS) which is an analytical tool that provides an accurate 3D EM simulation results for high frequency design. Several parameters dimension and helical's profiles were studied in order to obtained a suitable resonance frequency. Among the helical antenna parameters that being studied were on its different forms that link to multiple diameters, radius ratio, and number of turns. In this paper, attention is focused on helical antennas which find important applications in communication systems, primarily because of their circular polarization and wide bandwidth. The helical antenna, first introduced by Kraus in 1946 [4], has been subject of extensive investigations during the past five decades. Many modifications to the basic helix geometry have been proposed with the aim of improving the gain, bandwidth, axial ratio, and VSWR. More recently, the possibility of size reduction, while maintaining the radiation characteristics, has been explored. Both the theoretical and simulation results will be presented.