A Conformal Circularly Polarized Series-Fed Microstrip Antenna Array Design
| Autor: | Slawomir Koziel, ALBERTO ROJAS BUENO, Stanislav Ogurtsov |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Physics
Axial ratio business.industry Aperture Conformal antenna 020206 networking & telecommunications Conformal map Quarter-wave impedance transformer 02 engineering and technology Radius Optics 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Dimensioning Broadside |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 68:873-881 |
| ISSN: | 1558-2221 0018-926X |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tap.2019.2943326 |
| Popis: | A conformal circularly polarized (CP) series-fed microstrip array design for broadside radiation is presented. The array aperture under design is conformal to a cylindrical surface of a given radius. The approach we present primarily addresses focusing of the CP major lobe of the conformal array by proper dimensioning of the aperture spacings. The proposed analytical models yield the values of the element spacings within the series-fed conformal array aperture and element-specific spacings of the patch radiators within each CP element. These spacings are critical to produce a broadside CP major lobe at the design frequency. Subsequently, each array element is equipped with an in-line matching quarter wave transformer. The measured characteristics of the ${X}$ -band conformal array validate the proposed design approach. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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