A parasitic three-element superdirective electrically small antenna array

Author

Haskou, Abdullah ; Clemente, Antonio ; Sharaiha, Ala ; Delaveaud, Christophe ; Collardey, Sylvain ; Rudant, Lionel

Author_Institution

IETR, Univ. de Rennes 1, Rennes, France

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents a parasitic three-element superdirective electrically small antenna array based on very small printed loop antenna (unit-element). The unit-element dimensions are 24 × 20mm² corresponding to λ/14 × λ/17relative to its resonance frequency of 900MHz. The array has been designed for an interelement distance of 21.5mm. Its total dimensions are 63 × 24mm², and it presents a simulated directivity of 9dBi. The array optimization has been performed using an ad-hoc procedure based on spherical wave expansion.

Keywords

UHF antennas; ad hoc networks; antenna arrays; directive antennas; loop antennas; microstrip antennas; optimisation; ad-hoc procedure; array optimization; frequency 900 MHz; interelement distance; parasitic three-element antenna array; printed loop antenna; resonance frequency; size 20 mm; size 21.5 mm; size 24 mm; size 63 mm; spherical wave expansion; superdirective electrically small antenna array; unit-element dimensions; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Directive antennas; Resistance; Resonant frequency; Three-dimensional displays; Electrically small antenna; compact antenna; superdirective antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228352