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A method for synthesis of small arrays of printed dipole antennas backed by a ground plane
Author(s) -
Popović Branko D.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs022i006p00917
Subject(s) - dipole , ground plane , dipole antenna , radiation pattern , antenna (radio) , optics , dielectric , electrical impedance , materials science , wavelength , physics , input impedance , optoelectronics , computer science , telecommunications , quantum mechanics
A method is proposed for synthesis of antenna arrays consisting of narrow strip‐dipole antennas printed on a thin dielectric substrate. Approximately antiresonant dipoles (i.e., dipoles about one wavelength long) are considered, because by moderate variation of their width and length their impedance can be varied in a wide range. A method for analysis of such arrays is described first, in which the printed strip dipoles are replaced by approximately equivalent circular‐cylindrical dipoles with coaxial magnetic coating, using recently proposed generalization of equivalent radius of thin cylindrical antennas. An interactive optimization procedure is next applied for synthesis, which enables arrays to be obtained having array radiation pattern and, particularly, dipole impedances close to the desired.