Title
Twist and Glide Symmetries for Helix Antenna Design and Miniaturization.
Abstract
Here we propose the use of twist and glide symmetries to increase the equivalent refractive index in a helical guiding structure. Twist- and glide-symmetrical distributions are created with corrugations placed at both sides of a helical strip. Combined twist-and glide-symmetrical helical unit cells are studied in terms of their constituent parameters. The increase of the propagation constant is mainly controlled by the length of the corrugations. In our proposed helix antenna, twist and glide symmetry cells are used to reduce significantly the operational frequency compared with conventional helix antenna. Equivalently, for a given frequency of operation, the dimensions of helix are reduced with the use of higher symmetries. The theoretical results obtained for our proposed helical structure based on higher symmetries show a reduction of 42.2% in the antenna size maintaining a similar antenna performance when compared to conventional helix antennas.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.3390/sym11030349
SYMMETRY-BASEL
Keywords
Field
DocType
higher symmetries,periodic structures,glide symmetry,twist symmetry,dispersion diagram,microwave printed circuits,helix antennas
Twist,Helical antenna,Mathematical analysis,Dispersion diagram,Helix,Miniaturization,Propagation constant,Mathematics,Homogeneous space,Refractive index
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
11
3
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
5