An airborne antenna system for broadside coverage with varying roll and pitch angles

Author

Biswas, Diptiman ; Selvanayaki, K. ; Patel, Nilesh ; Ramachandra, V.

Author_Institution

Aeronaut. Dev. Establ., Defence R&D Organ., Bangalore

fYear

2007

fDate

19-20 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper we have analysed the design approach of the antenna system for a specific application in which the airborne system goes on continuous spinning and gradual change in its inclination. To solve the problem, we have designed and configured various airborne antennas with appropriate schemes to produce omni directional radiation coverage in the roll plane. Each of these antenna schemes has been experimented and discussed critically to arrive at the final airborne antenna configuration. In addition, a circularly polarized ground antenna with wide directional radiation beam has been designed and developed for carrying out effective communication between the airborne system and the ground telemetry station.

Keywords

aircraft antennas; antenna radiation patterns; polarisation; telemetry; airborne antenna system; broadside coverage; circularly polarized ground antenna; continuous spinning; ground telemetry station; omnidirectional radiation; pitch angles; roll angles; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Azimuth; Blades; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Microstrip antennas; Polarization; Slot antennas; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Electromagnetics Conference, 2007. AEMC 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Kolkata

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1863-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1864-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AEMC.2007.4638021

Filename

4638021