Title :
Antenna arrays for unmanned aerial vehicle
Author :
Navarro-Mendez, Diana Veronica ; Hon Ching Moy-Li ; Carrrera-Suarez, Luis Fernando ; Ferrando-Bataller, Miguel ; Baquero-Escudero, Mariano
Author_Institution :
DETRI, Escuela Politec. Nac., Quito, Ecuador
Abstract :
This paper presents two antenna solutions for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), where the available space for the antenna in the UAV has a cylindrical form. The antennas will operate at 2.45GHz in the Wi-Fi frequency band. The designed antennas are composed by a circular array of four elements conformed to cylindrical shape. A rectangular microstrip patch antenna and a PIFA antenna have been selected as basic the radiating elements of each array. Simulation results show a good matching level at the operating frequency and radiation patterns with a quite omnidirectional behavior for both antenna arrays.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; autonomous aerial vehicles; microstrip antenna arrays; omnidirectional antennas; planar inverted-F antennas; PIFA antenna; UAV; Wi-Fi frequency band; antenna radiation pattern; omnidirectional antenna array; rectangular microstrip patch antenna; unmanned aerial vehicle; Antenna radiation patterns; Gain; Geometry; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; PIFA antenna; antenna array; conformal antenna; rectangular microstrip antenna; unmanned aerial vehicle;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
