Design of Curved Patch Array Antenna for Small Missile Application

Abstract:

The design of curved patch array antenna for small missile application is presented. A thin copper plate antenna was attached a part of plastic pipe. This antenna is designed on cylinder metal object for such an application in military communication devices and antenna analysis was conducted by using the CST program. The frequency of a designed antenna was adjusted at 2.4 GHz. The proposed antenna is realized and experimentally examined, since it is small size, light weight, easy method fabrication and low manufacturing cost. In measurement, it is found that the propose antenna have the return loss was lower than-10 dB which covered frequency range 2.3 GHz-2.7 GHz. The average gain achieved in the propose antenna is about 6.13 dB over the operating frequency. The advantage of the proposed antenna is that it can be used to small missile for military application.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 378)
• Pages: 487-491
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.378.487
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Jessada Monthasuwan, Thanaset Thosdeekoraphat, Chanchai Thongsopa
• Keywords: Patch Antenna with a Bow, Small Missile

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