A 14-element printed planar antenna array embedded within a UAV structure

Author

Ibrahim, Mohammad ; Deif, S. ; Sharawi, Mohammad S.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner. (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2012

fDate

12-13 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A 14 elements planar antenna array of printed patches is designed and fabricated to be embedded inside the structure of an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to enhance its communication link with the ground station. The array operates in the ISM band with a center frequency of 2.45 GHz and has measured operating bandwidth of approximately 40MHz. A beam steering algorithm is applied to aid in directing the beam towards the base station. The half power beam width (HPBW) and array gain as a function of the azimuth and elevation angles below the UAV have been characterized and studied.

Keywords

UHF antennas; aircraft antennas; autonomous aerial vehicles; beam steering; microstrip antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; 14-element printed planar antenna array; HPBW; ISM band; UAV structure; array gain; azimuth angles; base station; beam steering algorithm; communication link; elevation angles; frequency 2.45 GHz; ground station; half power beam width; printed patch antenna; unmanned air vehicle; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Gain; Planar arrays; ISM; Planar antenna arrays; UAV; patch antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2218-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2219-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2012.6402996

Filename

6402996