Research Article

Investigating Equations Used to Design a Very Small Normal-Mode Helical Antenna in Free Space

Table 2

Simulation parameter of NMHA in free space.

ParametersValues

Frequency402 MHz ()
Mesh size of the antenna wireλ/600
Number of turns (N)5, 7, 10
Diameter of the antenna wire (d)0.5 mm
Metallic wireCopper (σ = 58 × 106 (1/Ωm))
Memory664 kb
Time per each simulation5 s