Design, Development, and Fabrication of a Traveling-Wave Antenna on a Conical Surface

A novel design methodology is illustrated, along with the fabrication technique for a wrap-around antenna in the C band on a conical surface. The methodology illustrates an attempt to achieve broadband performance with a thin conformal antenna. An attempt is also made to fabricate such an antenna on the parent body by a progressive lamination process of the layers. Experimental results are shown for the antenna fabrication technique.