A Small Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for Ultrawide-Band Applications

被引:145
作者
Hood, Aaron Zachary [1 ]
Karacolak, Tutku [1 ]
Topsakal, Erdem [1 ]
机构
[1] Mississippi State Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA
来源
IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS | 2008年 / 7卷
关键词
Antipodal vivaldi antenna; tapered slot antenna; ultrawide band (UWB);
D O I
10.1109/LAWP.2008.921352
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A compact antipodal Vivaldi antenna for ultrawide-band (UWB) applications is proposed. The antenna operates across the entire UWB spectrum from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz, and also has low cross-polarization levels and reasonable gain values over the same frequency band. Two different substrates, Rogers RO3006 and FR4, are considered, and results regarding return loss, far field pattern, phase response, group delay, and gain are presented.
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页码:656 / 660
页数:5
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