Research Article

Hybrid Utilization of Loading Techniques and Cavity Groove for Performance Enhancement of the UWB (2–18 GHz) Spiral Antenna

Table 2

Performance metrics for (2–18 GHz) spiral antenna.

Performance metricBenchmark value

Boresight gainAt least −5 dBi
Boresight axial ratioBelow 3 dB
VSWRLess than 2 : 1