Title :
Design of antenna conformal to V-shaped tail of UAV based on the method of Characteristic Modes
Author :
Obeidat, Khaled ; Rojas, Roberto G. ; Raines, Bryan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH
Abstract :
The method of characteristic modes is used to design a vertically polarized communications antenna conformal to the V-shaped tail of a small UAV. The antenna must operate in the band from 50 to 90 MHz and must be omni-directional. This antenna has a vertical dimension of lambda/17 at 50 MHz.
Keywords :
VHF antennas; aircraft antennas; conformal antennas; directive antennas; electromagnetic wave polarisation; remotely operated vehicles; UAV; V-shaped tail; conformal antenna; frequency 50 MHz to 90 MHz; omni directional antenna; unmanned aerial vehicle; vertically polarized communication; Aircraft; Antenna feeds; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Equations; Frequency; Impedance; Laboratories; Polarization; Tail; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4753-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-00-024573-2
