Wideband Conformal Antennas and Arrays

Abstract

The work done investigates some unexplored degrees of freedom in microstrip antenna design with the goal of developing a modified substrate configuration with improved bandwidth and maintained radiation characteristics. Results indicate that sectioned substrates can deliver increased impedance bandwidth. A closed-form circuit-based model is also developed to predict the performance of these new antenna structures. The modified substrate techniques developed here will be used along with loading and slot etching techniques studied previously to construct wideband planar antennas and arrays.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 2005
Accession Number
ADA443477

Entities

People

  • Jennifer T. Bernhard
  • Joshua A. Fladie

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Anechoic Chambers
  • Antennas
  • Bandwidth
  • Capacitance
  • Conformal Antennas
  • Contracts
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Shift
  • Government Procurement
  • Impedance
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Substrates
  • Test Facilities
  • Transmission Lines

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems