Conformal Impulse Receive Antenna Arrays
Abstract
This report addresses the design and fabrication of a prototype transient multi-element planar array operating in an impulse regime. The objective is to develop a conformal impulse "timed-array" antenna, operating in a transient regime and covering a wide frequency band spanning an approximately 200 MHz-2 GHz range. Under this Phase-I effort, we have analytically formulated the receiving characteristics of a hyperband antenna array. In addition, a mock-up four element conformal antenna was built and evaluated. The antenna utilizes a nylon substrate. The results indicate that the theoretical basis for the antenna is valid and that some simple improvements can be done to substantially improve the performance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 23, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA434641
Entities
People
- D. V. Giri
- K. F. Casey
- M. C. Skipper
- M. D. Abdalla