Study of a plane short on a shielded helix
- 1 October 1955
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IRE Transactions on Electron Devices
- Vol. 2 (4), 34-36
- https://doi.org/10.1109/T-ED.1955.14088
Abstract
The results of probe measurements along a shielded helix terminated in a plane conducting "short" are given. These results seem to indicate that the higher-order fields at the short are reactive and that the minimums are shifted out from the normal 180-degree position. The amount of this shift seemed to be relatively constant at approximately 38 degrees from 500 to 2,000 megacycles for a particular helix. A very approximate analysis of the helix short is made where the helix and its image wire are considered as a tapered two-wire transmission line. The position of the first minimum is determined by a numerical integration using the transmission line equations. This analysis predicts the correct direction of the shift of the minimum and also gives a rough idea as to the amount of this shift over the given band of frequencies.Keywords
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