Development of UAS Design Based on Wideband Antenna Architecture

Development of UAS Design Based on Wideband Antenna Architecture

An Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has been developed which is based on an aerodynamically functionalized planar wideband antenna. The antenna utilizes a planar circular dipole metallization scheme. The aerodynamic structure implements a planform similar to the Nutball flier, a hobbyist flight architec...

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Main Authors: Franklin Drummond, Gregory Huff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Aerospace
Subjects:
unmanned aerial system (UAS)
micro air vehicles (MAVs)
electromagnetics
remote sensing
vehicular antennas
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/2/2/312
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spelling doaj-76ccaced9a924ffbb1054345b89ac6612020-11-24T21:16:07ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102015-06-012231232410.3390/aerospace2020312aerospace2020312Development of UAS Design Based on Wideband Antenna ArchitectureFranklin Drummond0Gregory Huff1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3141 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3141 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USAAn Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has been developed which is based on an aerodynamically functionalized planar wideband antenna. The antenna utilizes a planar circular dipole metallization scheme. The aerodynamic structure implements a planform similar to the Nutball flier, a hobbyist flight architecture. The resulting codesign achieved a large impedance bandwidth defined by a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) less than 2 from 100 MHz to over 2 GHz and omnidirectional dipole-like radiation patterns at the lower frequency region and more directional patterns at higher frequencies.http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/2/2/312unmanned aerial system (UAS)micro air vehicles (MAVs)electromagneticsremote sensingvehicular antennas
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Development of UAS Design Based on Wideband Antenna Architecture
Aerospace
unmanned aerial system (UAS)
micro air vehicles (MAVs)
electromagnetics
remote sensing
vehicular antennas
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Gregory Huff
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title Development of UAS Design Based on Wideband Antenna Architecture
title_short Development of UAS Design Based on Wideband Antenna Architecture
title_full Development of UAS Design Based on Wideband Antenna Architecture
title_fullStr Development of UAS Design Based on Wideband Antenna Architecture
title_full_unstemmed Development of UAS Design Based on Wideband Antenna Architecture
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publisher MDPI AG
series Aerospace
issn 2226-4310
publishDate 2015-06-01
description An Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has been developed which is based on an aerodynamically functionalized planar wideband antenna. The antenna utilizes a planar circular dipole metallization scheme. The aerodynamic structure implements a planform similar to the Nutball flier, a hobbyist flight architecture. The resulting codesign achieved a large impedance bandwidth defined by a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) less than 2 from 100 MHz to over 2 GHz and omnidirectional dipole-like radiation patterns at the lower frequency region and more directional patterns at higher frequencies.
topic unmanned aerial system (UAS)
micro air vehicles (MAVs)
electromagnetics
remote sensing
vehicular antennas
url http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/2/2/312
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