A Novel Broad Beamwidth Conformal Antenna on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Author

Liu, Zong-Quan ; Zhang, Ying-Song ; Qian, Zuping ; Han, Zhen Ping ; Ni, Weimin

Author_Institution

Inst. of Commun. & Eng., PLA Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Nanjing, China

Volume

11

fYear

2012

fDate

7/4/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

196

Lastpage

199

Abstract

This letter proposes a novel broad beamwidth low-profile conformal antenna on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The antenna adopts the structure of an L-shaped monopole loaded by a shorted pin and realizes characteristics of low profile and vertical polarization. The antenna realizes quasi-omnidirection radiation in the horizontal plane. The 3-dB beamwidth in the vertical plane is 197^°. The antenna can be widely used in the field of communication antenna on unmanned aerial vehicle for its advantages of simple structure, wide beamwidth, and low profile.

Keywords

aircraft antennas; aircraft communication; antenna radiation patterns; autonomous aerial vehicles; conformal antennas; monopole antennas; polarisation; L-shaped monopole; broad beamwidth conformal antenna; quasi-omnidirectional radiation; unmanned aerial vehicle; vertical polarization; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Current measurement; Dipole antennas; Impedance; Impedance matching; Broad beamwidth; conformal; low profile; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); vertical polarization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2012.2187321

Filename

6151000