Broadband radial discone antenna: Design, application and measurements

Abstract

The wide band of frequencies that includes all those allocated to 2G/3G applications was defined as 2G/3G band and the discone antenna with a structure of radial wires was defined as radial discone. This antenna was theoretically analysed and software simulated with the purpose of computationally design a broadband model of it. As an application, a radial discone for operation from 800 to 3000 MHz, which include the 2G/3G band, was designed and an experimental model was built and tested. Mathematically expressed measurement error bounds were computed in order to evaluate the agreement between theory and practice.

Submitted for publication to IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, but due to conflict of interests the paper was under review for 18 months, when the authors withdrew the submission - Rejected (no reason) for publication in IET Electronics Letters - No changes in the paper since [v1] Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:58:24 GMT (225kb): [v4] = [v3] = [v2] = [v1]