Title :
Design of a low profile end-fire antenna
Author :
El Sayed Ahmad, A. ; Floch, J.
Author_Institution :
IETR, Rennes, France
Abstract :
An array of monopoles antenna over a ground plane that radiates a directive lobe in the end-fire direction is described in this paper. The design uses the rigorous method described in [1] in order to synthesis the radiation though the strong cumulative coupling between the monopoles. A gain higher than 20 dB was achieved in the end-fire direction over a 4.5% bandwidth.
Keywords :
directive antennas; monopole antenna arrays; cumulative coupling; directive lobe; ground plane; low profile end-fire antenna design; monopoles antenna array; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Gain; antenna array; array of monopoles; coupling; feed network; input impedances;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2218-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2219-5
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2012.6402991
