Title :
A conformal UHF slot type direction finding antenna with optimized Radar Cross Section
Author :
Mueller, Rainer ; Fuchs, Christian ; Lorch, Ralf ; Menzel, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
EADS Deutschland GmbH, Ulm, Germany
Abstract :
The presented UHF DF slot antenna design shows no degradation of the DF error and expected 3 dB (typical) in sensitivity only when compared to the DF antenna design in. This shows that the broadband slot antenna design, introduced in this paper, can be used for conformal direction finding antennas. This conformal DF antennas are integrated into the structure of modern platforms, which have an optimized low radar cross section.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; broadband antennas; radar cross-sections; radio direction-finding; slot antennas; DF antenna design; DF error; UHF DF slot antenna design; broadband slot antenna design; conformal UHF slot type direction finding antenna; optimized radar cross section; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Frequency; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Reflector antennas; Slot antennas; UHF antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Charleston, SC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3647-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2009.5172193
