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Reduced Length Low-Impedance Folded Dipole by Employing Short-Circuited Stub Load

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In this article, a reduced folded dipole is designed by employing a short-circuited stub load, decreasing 42 % the length compared to a conventional antenna. The radiator presents low characteristic impedance (close to 50 Ω), without using any matching network, taking into account that a conventional λ/2 folded dipole presents an impedance close to 300 Ω. As well as the conventional radiator, the reduced folded dipole shows an omnidirectional radiation pattern. This antenna can also be employed as a driver for an array including a reflector-type antenna. In this work, a reduced 90° corner reflector is used and reduced, since it is function of the driver length, as a result a directive radiation pattern with a front to back lobe relationship close to 9 dB is achieved.

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This work was supported by Project Science and Technology National Council 127856 and National Polytechnique Institute SIP-20150460.

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  1. Instituto Politecnico Nacional, SEPI, ESIME-Zacatenco, 07738, Mexico City, Mexico

    Jose Alfredo Tirado-Mendez, Jose Luis Delgado-Mendoza, Roberto Linares-Miranda & Jose Hector Caltenco-Franca

  2. Telecommunications Section, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico

    Hildeberto Jardon-Aguilar & Ruben Flores-Leal

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Tirado-Mendez, J.A., Jardon-Aguilar, H., Delgado-Mendoza, J.L. et al. Reduced Length Low-Impedance Folded Dipole by Employing Short-Circuited Stub Load. Wireless Pers Commun 91, 205–217 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-016-3455-x

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