A conformal UHF antenna for cargo helicopter belly

Studies on conformal antenna for aerial communication has not been explored. This paper presents a conformal patch antenna which has a peak gain of 6.7dBi. The unit cell resonates at UHF of 480MHz. Parametric studies have been done by conforming the antenna to the belly of the helicopter at differen...

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Published in2016 IEEE 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP) pp. 285 - 286
Main Authors Karthikeya, G. S., Agnihotri, Narayan, Siddiq, Syed Saad, Mehul, K. S., Thyagaraj, T.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2016
Subjects
Antenna measurements
Antenna radiation patterns
Conferences
conformal antenna
Fabrication
helicopter belly
Helicopters
UHF
UHF antennas
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Summary:Studies on conformal antenna for aerial communication has not been explored. This paper presents a conformal patch antenna which has a peak gain of 6.7dBi. The unit cell resonates at UHF of 480MHz. Parametric studies have been done by conforming the antenna to the belly of the helicopter at different angles to increase aeronautical stability. The planar antenna structure has been fabricated and tested and the measured results agree with the simulated results. A case study of antenna placement on a generic cargo helicopter belly was performed.
DOI:10.1109/APCAP.2016.7843207