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A Study on Radiator of VHF-Band Active Electronically Scanned Array with the Trapezoidal Dipole Structure Using Meander-Line

미엔더 라인을 이용한 사다리꼴 다이폴 구조의 VHF 대역 능동 위상 배열안테나 복사소자 연구

  • Received : 2016.07.29
  • Accepted : 2016.11.21
  • Published : 2016.12.30
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Abstract

In this paper, the method to miniaturize the radiating element of a VHF-band active electronically scanned array is proposed. The length of the proposed dipole having trapezoidal shape structure is miniaturized using meander line while the performance degradation is minimized. The grid reflector is used to improve the antenna directivity and insensitivity due to the outer environment. In addition, the antenna is designed to take into account for array application. The fabricated antenna has a 9.1 % fractional bandwidth for the voltage standing wave ratio(VSWR) 2:1 and the maximum gain of 4.24 dBi. The front-to-back ratio(FBR) is larger than 15 dB.

본 논문에서는 VHF 대역의 능동 위상 배열 안테나에 사용하기 위한 복사소자를 소형화하는 방안에 대해 연구하였다. 이를 위하여 미엔더 라인을 갖는 다이폴 안테나를 사다리꼴 모양으로 설계하여 성능 열화는 최소화하면서 다이폴 안테나 길이를 소형화하였다. 또한, 그리드 반사기를 사용하여 지향성을 향상시키고, 외부환경에 둔감하도록 하였으며, 배열 안테나에 적용하기 위한 구조로 설계하였다. 제작된 안테나는 VSWR 2:1 기준으로 약 9.1 %의 대역폭을 가지며, 4.24 dBi의 최대 이득을 갖는다. 그리고, 전후방비(FBR)는 15 dB 이상의 양호한 특성을 나타내었다.

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