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Mount Location Simulation of UHF-Band Omni-Directional Antenna for Smart UAV

스마트무인기용 UHF-Band 무지향성 안테나의 탑재위치 시뮬레이션

  • 송복섭 (한국항공우주연구권 미래비행체계실 선행연구팀) ;
  • 이현철 (한국항공우주연구원) ;
  • 김승범 (휴니드테크놀로지스(주))
  • Received : 2013.08.29
  • Accepted : 2013.11.06
  • Published : 2013.11.30
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Abstract

Omni-directional antennas of UHF-Band are located on the top and bottom side of the Smart UAV in order to connect a link always. Therefore one of each antennas should be connected to a ground antenna. Because the communication link of the omni-directional antennas is influenced by the objectives around aircraft, the clearance of LOS(Line of Sight) should be achieved in order to avoid a loss of link. In this paper, the analysis results on the influence of the complex objectives placed around the antenna on the communication link are presented according to the change of attitude angles. The best positions of antennas are selected based on the electromagnetic analysis using XGTD tool which supports the modeling of antenna pattern. The flight tests of the Smart UAV were successfully performed with the selected antenna position.

스마트무인기(Smart UAV)의 UHF-Band 무지향성 안테나는 비행체 상부 및 하부에 각각 하나씩 장착되어 필요시 UHF-Band 통신링크를 구성하기위해 사용된다. UHF-Band 무지향성 안테나의 통신링크는 안테나 장착위치에 따라 통신가시선(Line Of Sight)의 영향을 받게 되며, 통신 가시선 확보가 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 스마트 무인기 비행체 형상 및 비행자세에 따른 UHF-Band 통신가시선의 영향을 분석하였다. 이를 위해 복잡한 객체의 주변(항공기, 차량, 무반사실 등) 안테나 배치에 대한 분석을 수행하였다. 안테나까지 영역 패턴을 결정하여 모델링을 할 수 있는 전자기 분석 도구 XGTD를 사용하여 시뮬레이션 하였으며, 통신이 가장 좋은 포지션에 안테나의 위치를 확정하여 선정한 후 실제로 스마트무인기에 적용하여 장착하였다.

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