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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2013.24.10.951

Performance Evaluation and Analysis of a VHF-UHF Blade Antenna  

Go, Jooseoc (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
Byun, Gangil (Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
Kim, Kichul (Agency for Defense Development)
Ju, Jeungmin (Agency for Defense Development)
Choo, Hosung (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science / v.24, no.10, 2013 , pp. 951-957 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a performance evaluation process of aircraft blade antennas. The process consists of various sub-processes that should be considered for a stable communication link with the base station. The process begins with the settlement of the ground shape and size to evaluate the impedance matching characteristics of a stand-alone antenna. Next, the main communications area of the antenna is determined by considering a flight scenario, and then the minimum gain requirements of the antenna are derived in the operating frequency band. Finally, the proposed evaluation process is applied for a commercial aircraft blade antenna. The results demonstrate that the proposed process is suitable to be adopted for the evaluation of aircraft blade antennas.
Keywords
Blade Antenna; VHF-UHF Antenna; Perfoemance Evaluation of Antenna;
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