Open AccessGain‐improved VHF broadband whip antenna loaded with radiation blades
Author(s) -
Wang Hengfeng,
Liu Chao,
Xie Xu,
Wu Huaning
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iet microwaves, antennas and propagation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.555
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1751-8733
pISSN - 1751-8725
DOI - 10.1049/iet-map.2019.0867
Subject(s) - standing wave ratio , radiation pattern , antenna (radio) , antenna efficiency , acoustics , broadband , radiation , antenna measurement , optics , engineering , electrical engineering , physics , microstrip antenna
In this study, a new type of horizontal radiation blade structure is proposed and applied to the very high frequency (VHF) broadband whip antenna. The influence of the radius, length, number of branches of horizontal radiation blade and its distribution on the whip body on the electrical performance of the whip antenna is analysed separately to design a more suitable structure, and then an algorithm optimization of single loading and broadband matching network is carried out for further impedance matching. The simulation and measured results both show that compared with the existing broadband whip antenna, the gain and efficiency of the proposed antenna are significantly improved while maintaining a good voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) over the frequency band of 30–300 MHz, all the VSWR are <3 with an average value of 2.0; all the maximum gain are >−3.5 dB, with an average value of 2.2 dB; and all the efficiency are >15%, with an average value of 47.7%; the pattern deviation in higher frequency is also suppressed to some extent. The proposed antenna has small size, wider bandwidth and higher radiation performance, which is suitable for vehicle‐borne and ship‐borne VHF communication.