A Study of Radially Thick Helix: Equivalent Circuit Approach

Abstract

An equivalent circuit analysis has been developed to study a radially thick helix to obtain various design parameters; namely, capacitance per unit length, inductance per unit length, characteristic impedance, dispersion relation, and interaction impedance. This analysis does not require the solution of a complex determinantal dispersion relation as needed in field analysis. The analysis has been verified by matching the dispersion results with the experimental values published else-where. © 1992 IEEE