Towards a high gain, low profile directional ultra wideband antenna

Author

Mohamed, Amr ; Shafai, L.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

13-16 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

In this paper, the performance of a directional Vee dipole antenna is investigated. The study includes increasing the antenna gain by implementing reflector and director elements. The study starts with designing a Vee dipole antenna with a 44mm arm length and a UWB coaxial balun. Then the effect of reducing the arm length on impedance bandwidth is investigated. Dielectric cones are implemented between the Vee arms to compensate for the reduction in length.

Keywords

baluns; coaxial waveguides; dipole antennas; directive antennas; ultra wideband antennas; UWB coaxial balun; antenna gain; arm length reduction; dielectric cones; directional Vee dipole antenna; director element; high gain directional ultra wideband antenna; impedance bandwidth; low profile directional ultra wideband antenna; reflector element; Dielectrics; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Gain; Impedance matching; Loaded antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Vee dipole antennas; coaxial balun; dielectric loading;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), 2014 16th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANTEM.2014.6887678

Filename

6887678