Title :
Design of cylindrical conformal microstrip GPS antenna arrays
Author :
Zhang Xiangjun ; Ma Xiaoping ; Guan Xueyuan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Electr. Eng., China Univ. of Min. & Technol., Xuzhou, China
Abstract :
In this paper, the GPS (global position system) antenna array which is conformal with missile is present. The basic theory and design method of cylindrical conformal antenna are described. Numerical and measured results of the antenna array radiation characteristic show this antenna array can radiate an omnidirectional normal to the axis of the pattern. So it has great practicability.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antenna arrays; antenna array radiation characteristic; cylindrical conformal microstrip GPS antenna arrays; global position system; omnidirectional pattern; GPS (Global Position System); omnidirectional pattern Cylindrical Conformal antenna array;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Technology and Computational Electromagnetics, 2009. ICMTCE. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-84919-140-1
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2009.1267