• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.17 no.4 s.107
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• pp.317-323
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• 2006

The conventional Wheeler cap method can extract the reliable efficiency of the antenna when the antenna operates as a simple series or parallel RLC circuit model. This method, however, may give an unreliable efficiency when the antenna under test has a complicated operating principle. In this paper, we revisit the conventional Wheeler cap method and propose a modified Wheeler cap method basedon the high-order circuit model. The proposed method can provide an accurate efficiency even for the antenna with a more complicated operating principle. Then we calculate efficiencies of other antennas with different operating principles and compare the results with the simulations.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.17 no.8 s.111
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• pp.753-759
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• 2006

Generally, the Wheeler cap method is used to measure the efficiency of small antennas. This method often gives an unreliable efficiency when the antenna has a complicated operating principle. However, if the high-order circuit model which more closely represents the input impedance of the antenna is used in Wheeler cap method, then more accurate efficiency can be achieved. In this paper, we propose a novel method that can build the high-order circuit model using transformer circuits with the genetic algorithm(GA). To efficiently reduce the searching space in the GA and improve the convergence of the GA process, we suggest a novel scheme that finds appropriate initial values. Finally we verify the proposed method by measuring the efficiency of some passive RFID tag antennas.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences Conference
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• 1990.06a
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• pp.359-361
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• 1990

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.828-833
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• 2007

A small monopole antenna with a novel impedance matching structure is proposed in this paper. The proposed antenna is designed for W-LAN(IEEE 802.11b). The antenna design concept is based on a ${\lambda}/8$ folded monopole antenna with a self-impedance matching structure. The size of the proposed antenna is smaller than the resonant length, thus the impedance at the terminal of the antenna becomes very capacitive. To compensate fur this impedance mismatching, the proposed antenna employs a novel self-impedance matching structure. The self-impedance matching structure is located on the top of the antenna; it improves the impedance matching and ultimately the efficiency of the antenna. The measured results of the proposed antenna show reasonable agreement with prediction.