Moment-method analysis of printed wire spirals using curved piecewise sinusoidal subdomain basis and testing functions

Archimedian and logarithmic printed wire spirals are analyzed using a moment-method incorporating curved piecewise sinusoidal subdomain basis and testing functions. Results for spiral parameters including input impedance and current distribution are presented and are shown to have good agreement with published results for the same antennas obtained using linear segmentation. Since the curved basis functions exactly follow the spiral contour, significantly fewer curved segments are, therefore, required for accurate analysis compared with linear segmentation.