Title :
A wide-band printed double-sided dipole array
Author :
Duffley, B.G. ; Morin, G.A. ; Mikavica, M. ; Antar, Y.M.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., R. Mil. Coll., Kingston, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
A 32-element wide-band printed dipole array is analyzed and successfully implemented. The elements used are double-sided printed dipoles fed with a balanced twin-lead transmission line. A wide-band balun and a launcher system for the array were designed and implemented. Excellent correlation between simulated and measured radiation patterns was observed and good overall performance with a bandwidth in excess of an octave was obtained.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; baluns; broadband antennas; dipole antenna arrays; microstrip antenna arrays; 32-element wide-band array; antenna configuration; balanced twin-lead transmission line; double-sided printed dipole fed antenna; launcher system; printed double-sided dipole array; wide-band balun system; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Costs; Dipole antennas; Impedance matching; Planar transmission lines; Transmission line measurements; Wideband;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2004.823998
