Design of a 3D Top-Loaded Low-Profile Sleeve Antenna for UAV Applications

Design of a 3D Top-Loaded Low-Profile Sleeve Antenna for UAV Applications

In this article, a 3D top-loaded low profile sleeve antenna for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications is proposed. By loading a 3D disc cone structure on the top of a sleeve antenna, the overall height of the antenna can be significantly reduced compared with the height of a traditional quarter...

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Main Authors: Lingsheng Yang, Ziling Xing, Shihao Xu, Dan Zhang, Yajie Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
Subjects:
Low profile
sleeve antenna
top-loaded
UAV
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9050470/
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spelling doaj-cc9238bc93d6471a9ac4add019dede902021-03-30T01:32:53ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-018647186472410.1109/ACCESS.2020.29839739050470Design of a 3D Top-Loaded Low-Profile Sleeve Antenna for UAV ApplicationsLingsheng Yang0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4886-8186Ziling Xing1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1825-0588Shihao Xu2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8580-4432Dan Zhang3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5889-1385Yajie Li4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2121-6057Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Meteorological Observation and Information Processing, Research Center of Applied Electromagnetics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Meteorological Observation and Information Processing, Research Center of Applied Electromagnetics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory of Meteorological Observation and Information Processing, Research Center of Applied Electromagnetics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, ChinaZhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaIn this article, a 3D top-loaded low profile sleeve antenna for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications is proposed. By loading a 3D disc cone structure on the top of a sleeve antenna, the overall height of the antenna can be significantly reduced compared with the height of a traditional quarter-wavelength monopole antenna. In addition, adding shorted columns between the top plate of the disc cone and the ground can generate a new resonant point at lower frequency, so that the frequency bandwidth can be effectively extended. Finally, in order to further achieve the miniaturization of the antenna, an annular slot ring structure was etched on the upper surface of the top plate. Under the conditions of S<sub>11</sub> &lt;; -10dB, the designed antenna with a total size of 160mm &#x00D7; 160mm &#x00D7; 26.6mm (0.44&#x03BB; &#x00D7; 0.44&#x03BB; &#x00D7; 0.07&#x03BB;) has a wide band covering from 840MHz to 1.69GHz (67.2%), while the height of the proposed antenna is only 0.07&#x03BB; (where &#x03BB; is the wavelength of the lowest frequency point). Moreover, omnidirectional radiation performances through the operating band can be achieved for both the measured and simulated results.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9050470/Low profilesleeve antennatop-loadedUAV
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author Lingsheng Yang
Ziling Xing
Shihao Xu
Dan Zhang
Yajie Li
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Ziling Xing
Shihao Xu
Dan Zhang
Yajie Li
Design of a 3D Top-Loaded Low-Profile Sleeve Antenna for UAV Applications
IEEE Access
Low profile
sleeve antenna
top-loaded
UAV
author_facet Lingsheng Yang
Ziling Xing
Shihao Xu
Dan Zhang
Yajie Li
author_sort Lingsheng Yang
title Design of a 3D Top-Loaded Low-Profile Sleeve Antenna for UAV Applications
title_short Design of a 3D Top-Loaded Low-Profile Sleeve Antenna for UAV Applications
title_full Design of a 3D Top-Loaded Low-Profile Sleeve Antenna for UAV Applications
title_fullStr Design of a 3D Top-Loaded Low-Profile Sleeve Antenna for UAV Applications
title_full_unstemmed Design of a 3D Top-Loaded Low-Profile Sleeve Antenna for UAV Applications
title_sort design of a 3d top-loaded low-profile sleeve antenna for uav applications
publisher IEEE
series IEEE Access
issn 2169-3536
publishDate 2020-01-01
description In this article, a 3D top-loaded low profile sleeve antenna for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications is proposed. By loading a 3D disc cone structure on the top of a sleeve antenna, the overall height of the antenna can be significantly reduced compared with the height of a traditional quarter-wavelength monopole antenna. In addition, adding shorted columns between the top plate of the disc cone and the ground can generate a new resonant point at lower frequency, so that the frequency bandwidth can be effectively extended. Finally, in order to further achieve the miniaturization of the antenna, an annular slot ring structure was etched on the upper surface of the top plate. Under the conditions of S<sub>11</sub> &lt;; -10dB, the designed antenna with a total size of 160mm &#x00D7; 160mm &#x00D7; 26.6mm (0.44&#x03BB; &#x00D7; 0.44&#x03BB; &#x00D7; 0.07&#x03BB;) has a wide band covering from 840MHz to 1.69GHz (67.2%), while the height of the proposed antenna is only 0.07&#x03BB; (where &#x03BB; is the wavelength of the lowest frequency point). Moreover, omnidirectional radiation performances through the operating band can be achieved for both the measured and simulated results.
topic Low profile
sleeve antenna
top-loaded
UAV
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9050470/
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