Title :
Investigation of canted compound sector antennas for wideband aperiodic arrays
Author :
Cung, G. ; Fladie, J. ; Mayes, P.E. ; Bernhard, Jennifer
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
A wideband canted compound sector antenna is investigated. Both measurement and simulation results are used to probe the effects of sector bending on impedance match and radiation characteristics.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; electric impedance; impedance matching; microwave antennas; 2 to 6 GHz; canted compound sector antennas; impedance match; radiation characteristics; radiation pattern; sector bending; wideband antenna; wideband aperiodic arrays; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Degradation; Feeds; Frequency; Horn antennas; Impedance; Slot antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8302-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2004.1330570
