Title :
A study of conformal microstrip antenna array on a cylinder
Author :
Kanghou, Mao ; Menglin, Xue
Author_Institution :
Beijing Inst. of Electron. Syst. Eng., China
Abstract :
This paper gives equations of directivity function of a conformal microstrip antenna array on a cylinder, and gives experimental results of patterns of the array of 8/spl times/8=64 elements. When ka/spl Gt/1, the theoretical and experimental data show good agreement.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; conformal antennas; directive antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; conformal microstrip antenna array; cylinder; directivity patterns; Engine cylinders; Equations; Linear antenna arrays; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Phased arrays; Polarization; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory, 2000. Proceedings. ISAPE 2000. 5th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6377-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISAPE.2000.894713
