Title :
Compact ultra wideband antipodal tapered slot antenna
Author :
Smith, Edward C. ; Antar, Y.M.M. ; Morin, G.A.
Author_Institution :
R. Mil. Coll. of Canada, Kingston, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
A compact, planar, ultra wideband antipodal tapered slot antenna is presented. This antenna has an operating bandwidth in excess of a decade, from 2 GHz to beyond 20 GHz, and exhibits near constant gain and beamwidth over the entire operating band. The antenna and balun are 71.3 mm long and 53.5 mm wide.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; baluns; planar antenna arrays; slot antenna arrays; ultra wideband antennas; antipodal tapered slot antenna; balun; compact ultra wideband antenna; planar tapered slot antenna; Antenna feeds; Bandwidth; Couplings; Impedance matching; Microstrip antennas; Slot antennas; Slotline; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; Vivaldi antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8883-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2005.1551852
