Hi all,
I've been struggling with this for a while. I'm working on a design, and i cannot do an impedance matching network if I dont get this straight. I started looking it up on google, and I wasn't satisfied with any information I found. So I downloaded "Antenna Theory, Design and Analysis" by Balanis and, "Practical Antenna Handbook" by Carr. There seems to be a significant mismatch in the information.
I am trying to get the radiation impedance for a quarter-wave monopole antenna, it says...
...Balanis (p. 155)
It gives a formula where I get:
Z = 49.35 - j 12.73
...Carr (p. 183)
"...the feedpoint radiation resistance is a maximum of 37 ?, with only a very small reactance component." (for the quarter-wave)
He points it out once again in p. 184 showing a plot of Resistance/Reactance vs. antenna length.
Note:
I lack the knowledge to derive this from first principles and the experience working with RF. Good reference material suggestions are welcomed!
Cheers!
Simon.