TE-monopole radiation pattern DRA for UAVs

Author

Motlhabane, Bame Ruth ; Gray, Derek

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Nottingham, Semenyih, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 2 2012

Firstpage

499

Lastpage

502

Abstract

The existence of the TE_011+δ mode in a low profile cylindrical DRA was confirmed experimentally, and the S₁₁ and radiation pattern characteristics were found to be stable with changes in ground plane radii. A distinct advantage was that the height was 0.2λ, been half that of the prior TE mode antenna. Future work will consider increasing the S₁₁ ≤ -10dB bandwidth to cover the UAV 5GHz band, testing on CFRP panels, and low cost manufacture by injection moulding using ceramic powder and polyphenylene sulphide.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; autonomous aerial vehicles; dielectric resonator antennas; microwave antennas; monopole antennas; space vehicle antennas; CFRP panel testing; TE-monopole radiation pattern DRA; TE_011+δ mode antenna; UAV; antenna radiation pattern characteristics; carbon fibre reinforced plastic; ceramic powder; dielectric resonator antenna; frequency 5 GHz; ground plane radii; injection moulding; low cost manufacture; low profile cylindrical DRA; polyphenylene sulphide; transverse electric polarised monopole antenna; transverse magnetic polarisation; unmanned aerial vehicles; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Dielectric resonator antennas; Feeds; Microstrip; Parametric study; Surface impedance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2012 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Nagoys

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1001-7

Type

conf

Filename

6393988