Research subject: Determination of

Structural Equation for Normal Mode

Helical Antenna having Dielectric or
Magnetic Material inside
27th March
2015

Presented by

Supervisor
Co-Supervisor

: Nguyen Thanh Tuan

(First Semester of Master
Degree)
: Prof. Dr. Yoshihide Yamada
: Dr. A.K.M Muzahidul Islam
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sabariah Bt.
Baharun

Outline of this
presentation
1. What is Antenna ?
2. What is Normal Mode Helical Antenna (NMHA) ?
3. Structural Determination Method
4. Study Subject
5. Research Schedule
6. Present Situation
7. Conclusion

1. What is
Antenna
?
Antenn
Applications of Antennas:

Fig 1.Mobile
Communication

Antenn
a

Fig 2.Satellite
Communication

Main roles: Transmit and receive radio wave

Important characteristics: Antenna gain, Radiation
pattern, Impedance matching to radio equipments.

1. What is
Antenna ?
Categorization of
Antennas: Long

distance
Communicat
ion

Parabolic
Reflectors

Array
Antennas

High Gain

Short
distance
Communicat
ion
Patch
Antennas

Helical
Antennas

Low gain, Small Size

1. What is
Antenna ?
Application
Antennas of
for Small
Radio
Antenna:
Frequency Identification
(RFID)

Antennas for Tire Pressure

Monitoring System (TPMS)

Reader
Antenna

Tag
Antenna
Normal-Mode
Helical Antenna
(NMHA)

2. What is NMHA ?
Categorization of Helical
Antennas

Circumference (C) is one

wavelength ()
Applications: Satellite
ant, Circular polarization
ant.
Main radiation is in the
normal direction of the
antenna
Height
ofaxis
antenna is

Axial
Mode

Normal
Mode

Main radiation is in the

antenna axis direction

Radiation
Pattern

less than 1/100

wavelength ()
Applications:
RFID tag,
TPMS

2. What is NMHA ?
Operational Explaination of
NMHA
DA

HA

RD - jXD

RL + jXL

N
H <<

Small
Dipole

Small
Loops

Treatment: Antenna
current is divided into
2 parts: the straight
part (small dipole) and
circular parts (small
loops)

Electrical Working Condition:

Resonant Structure: XC = XL
XC: Capacitance
XL: Inductance

3. Structural Determination
Method
0

0.030

Equation for self-resonant

structures (in Free Space 0.025
0
=1)
H
D
0.020
279
600 19.7 N ( )
N (0.92

H A DA 2
)

10

N=5

N=7

DA
H
20 A

DA /

0.015
0.010

XC=XL
Equation for Input
Zimpedance
in RrD RrL Rl j ( X L X C )

N = 11
f0 = 315 MHz
= 0.95 m
d = 0.55 mm

0.005
0.005 0.010 0.015 0.020 0.025 0.030
HA/

Self-Resonant
Structure

In self resonant-structure, XL = XC so Zin = Rin = RrD + RrL + Rl

Here, RrD, RrL are the radiation resistance of the small
dipole, small loops and Rl is the ohmic resistance of the
antenna wire, respectively.

4. Study Subject
Determination of Structural Equation for Normal Mode
Helical Antenna having Dielectric or Magnetic Material
inside (1, 1)
Study about resonance structures
in dielectric or magnetic (by
Electromagnetic simulations)
Electric field and Magnetic field
distributions in dielectric or
magnetic

Actual NMHA

From resonance curves, we derive

resonance equation.

5. Research Schedule
Research Steps:
March,
April, May
2015

Study of
NMHA
Fablicatio
n and
measure
ment of
NMHA

June, July,
Aug, Sept
2015

Oct, Nov,
Dec
2015

Jan, Feb
2016

March,
April, May
2016

Learning
of FEKO
(EM
Simulatio
n)

Calculate
resonant
structures
at =i
=i (not
Free
Space)

Summariz
e
simulated
results

Find out
structural
equation

6. Present Situation
Calculation of self-resonant structures
and input resistance (in Free Space 0)
Rin

Rl

Caculation of Selfresonant Structure

Caculation of Input
Resistance

7. Conclusion
Now, fundamentals of NMHA are studying
Next subject is to learn an electromagnetic
simulator
Obtain resonant structural data of NMHA in
dielectric and magnetic materials.

Thank you for your

attention