Title :
Applying soft magnetic materials to conductive surfaces to realise a novel conformal HF antenna concept
Author :
Dresel, J. ; Clark, AR ; Fourie, APC
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel conformal HF antenna concept. Soft magnetic materials are used to suppress currents on conductive surfaces in order to realise conformal HF antennas. The concept is verified by comparing predicted HF antenna characteristics to measured results. The efficiency of the conformal HF antenna is compared to a tuned whip and loop antenna. The conformal antenna shows superior performance above 15 MHz
Keywords :
HF antennas; aircraft antennas; conformal antennas; soft magnetic materials; 15 MHz; conductive surfaces; conformal HF antenna; helicopter antenna; soft magnetic materials; Aircraft; Antenna feeds; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Hafnium; Helicopters; Magnetic materials; Slot antennas; Soft magnetic materials; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Africon, 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5546-6
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.1999.821922
