Conformal butterfly antennas for ultra-wideband radio direction finding applications

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Conformal butterfly antennas for ultra-wideband radio direction finding applications

Conference Paper (2010)

Author(s)

I Liberal (External organisation)

D. Caratelli (TU Delft - Microwave Technology and Systems for Radar)

A.G. Yarovoy (TU Delft - Microwave Technology and Systems for Radar)

R Cicchetti (External organisation)

M Russo (External organisation)

Research Group

Microwave Technology and Systems for Radar

Conf.proc. > 3 pag Conference contrib. non-refer.

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Publication Year

2010

Language

English

Research Group

Microwave Technology and Systems for Radar

Pages (from-to)

846-849

ISBN (print)

978-1-4244-7232-1

Abstract

We present the design and full-wave analysis of conformal butterfly antennas for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Radio Direction Finders (RDFs). The impact of the conformal deformation on the antenna performance is evaluated, a suitable antenna cover is designed, and single antenna elements for a RDF covering the band from 250MHz to 3.5GHz are optimized. Impact of coupling between antenna elements is evaluated, and a novel calibration technique is presented in order to compensate for the mutual coupling between array elements, variations in the antenna characteristics, and the effects of the antenna supporting structure.

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