This paper demonstrates the analysis of antenna pattern and gain for different designs of full-wave dipole antenna feeding techniques. Seven such techniques were studied and analyzed; symmetrical dual feeding in phase, symmetrical dual feeding out of phase, asymmetrical dual feeding in phase, asymmetrical dual feeding out of phase, symmetrical triple feeding in phase and symmetrical triple feeding out of phase. Symmetrical dual feeding in phase produced high gain as compared to the single and center-fed antennas. An improvement of about 3 to 3.5 dB was achieved comparing to center tap fed and off center fed. It was found that an asymmetrical dual feeding in-phase provides good performance, considering the directivity, pattern, and input impedance. A 2.46 dB gain has been attained. It was found that a symmetrical triple feeding provides an overall best performance with respect to gain, radiation pattern, beam width and input impedance

This paper is focused on the analysis of the current distribution of symmetrical full-wave dipole antenna based on double and triple feeding techniques; the current distributions were measured using a shielded loop protruding through a slit in the antenna surface along its axis, gives exact and accurate measurement rather than sinusoidal approximation. However, the sinusoidal distributions of current and voltage are approximations rather than exact descriptions. Next the current distributions were modeled and formulated whose parameters were deduced from the measured current distribution by applying the current distribution data in models as derived by IEEE standard.

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