• DocumentCode
    1476716
  • Title

    Zero tilt omnidirectional collinear array antenna with coplanar feed

  • Author

    Daly, R.A. ; Rowe, Wayne S. T. ; Ghorbani, Kamran

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    359
  • Lastpage
    360
  • Abstract
    An innovative approach to the design of a centre-fed omnidirectional collinear array for use in the 900 MHz band is presented. The coplanar printed circuit realisation using a combination of the CPW and coplanar strips is shown to be very effective in eliminating beam tilt with change in frequency. Both measured and simulated results confirm less than 1.5° of beam tilt in the omnidirectional pattern with an azimuth ripple of approximately +/-0.7 dB, over an impedance bandwidth of greater than 10%.
  • Keywords
    antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; coplanar waveguides; linear antenna arrays; printed circuits; CPW; centre-fed omnidirectional collinear array; coplanar feed; coplanar printed circuit realisation; coplanar strips; frequency 900 MHz; omnidirectional pattern; zero tilt omnidirectional collinear array antenna;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2010.3617
  • Filename
    5735429