DocumentCode
1598457
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
Volume
2
fYear
1999
fDate
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1069
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Africon, 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location
Cape Town
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5546-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AFRCON.1999.821922
Filename
821922
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