DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ASYMPTOTIC CONICAL DIPOLE ANTENNA

This paper describes the application of ''equivalent charge distributi on method'' for designing the geometry of a special type of dipole ant enna used for faithful reproduction of electromagnetic pulse type of w aveform. Using this method, the design equation of the surfaces of asy mptotic conical dipole antenna (ACD) has been derived. The surface of asymptotic conical dipole antenna, obtained by this method, is compare d with those computed by the method of Baum. The response of an ACD an tenna, fabricated using design data computed from the design equations derived in this paper, is measured and presented.