Wideband and low-profile metamaterial antennas for aircrafts and automobiles

Author

Sungtek Kang ; Kyeongnam Jang ; Jinsu Jeon ; Inkyu Yang ; Kyungseok Kahng ; Se-gyoon Mok ; Anguera, Jaume

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Telecomm. Eng., Univ. of Incheon, Incheon, South Korea

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

976

Lastpage

977

Abstract

In this paper, we design a low-profile and wideband antenna to be mounted on the top of an aircraft or automobile. Specifically, it should be buried under the surface to lower the air resistance during the flight or fast running, but have the beam-pattern of the monopole antenna. So, a flat CRLH ZOR antenna with an enhanced bandwidth is proposed similar to that of [1] for C-band communication. By the design, a 37% fractional bandwidth and monopolar radiation pattern is achieved, suitable for the aircraft including UAVs.

Keywords

aircraft; antenna radiation patterns; automobiles; broadband antennas; metamaterial antennas; monopole antennas; C-band communication; UAV; aircraft; automobile; beampattern; flat CRLH ZOR antenna; monopolar radiation pattern; monopole antenna; wideband low-profile metamaterial antenna; Aircraft; Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Helical antennas; Loaded antennas; Metamaterials; Low-profile antenna; antenna for an aircraft; antenna for an automobile; metamaterial antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901927

Filename

6901927