• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.14 no.11
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• pp.1207-1215
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• 2003

In this paper Log-Periodic Bent Dipole Antenna(LPBDA), which is composed of bent dipole elements instead of dipole elements, is proposed to reduce the size of Log-Periodic Dipole Antenna(LPDA). LPBDA for the operating frequency band of 1 ㎓∼3 ㎓ is designed and its radiation characteristics are analyzed by the moment method, and compared with radiation characteristics of LPDA. It is shown that although LPBDA decreases in size by about 20 %, radiation characteristics of LPBDA are similar to radiation characteristics of LPDA. Calculated results show good agreement with measured results.