Frequency-Reconfigurable Antenna for Broadband Airborne Applications

Author

Chang Yong Rhee ; Jea Hak Kim ; Woo Jae Jung ; Taejoon Park ; Byungje Lee ; Chang Won Jung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Wireless Commun. Eng., Kwangwoon Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

13

fYear

2014

fDate

2014

Firstpage

189

Lastpage

192

Abstract

In this letter, we propose a broadband reconfigurable antenna for aircraft communication that covers the VHF/UHF/L-bands (30-300/300-400/960-1220 MHz). The proposed antenna structure is a modified biconical unipole antenna. The antenna is frequency-reconfigurable using a p-i-n diode switch. In the on state, the antenna operates as a V-type traveling antenna and covers 30-300 and 960-1150 MHz. In the off state, the antenna operates as a unipole antenna and covers 300-400 and 1150-1220 MHz. The maximum power dissipation of the proposed antenna is 18 W. The proposed antenna has VSWR <; 2.5 for all bands. Antenna gain is less than 1.8 dBi at 30-400 MHz and 2.5 dBi at 960-1220 MHz.

Keywords

UHF antennas; VHF antennas; aircraft antennas; aircraft communication; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; conical antennas; monopole antennas; p-i-n diodes; L-bands; UHF bands; V-type traveling antenna; VHF bands; aircraft communication; broadband reconfigurable antenna; frequency 30 MHz to 300 MHz; frequency 300 MHz to 400 MHz; frequency 960 MHz to 1220 MHz; modified biconical unipole antenna; p-i-n diode switch; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; PIN photodiodes; Switches; Airborne blade antenna; broadband antenna; reconfigurable antenna;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2014.2301036

Filename

6720113