A Flexible Ultra-Wideband Vivaldi Phased Array Antenna for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Applications
The article presents a full co-planar ultra-wideband Vivaldi phased array antenna for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications. The article presents a full co-planar ultra-wideband Vivaldi phased array antenna, which is designed with a 0.0254mm thick flexible polyimide (PI) dielectric substrate. The antenna array has the advantages of wideband, large angle scanning, easy attachment, and light weight. The central antenna unit of the 1×8 array can achieve a large angle scanning of ±45° in the 2-8GHz range under HFSS simulation. The size of the 1×8 array antenna unit is 58.3mm×23mm. The proposed antenna is fed by a coaxial to CPW transition, can be manufactured by one layer PCB technology, which makes it convenient to attach to the UAV wing. The antenna has a prospect application in UAV detection radars.
Authors
- Hao Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6009-8797)
- Xinmi Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7457-6550)
- Shuqi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9443-9417)
- Xian Qi Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6968-8745)
- Chunsen Fu
Institutions
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Huzhou Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/apcap62011.2024.10881488
- Primary Topic
- Antenna Design and Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- Research and Development