Compact UWB Antipodal Vivaldi Array for Beam Steering Applications

Callum J. Hodgkinson; Dimitris E. Anagnostou; Symon K. Podilchak

doi:10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411271

Compact UWB Antipodal Vivaldi Array for Beam Steering Applications

Callum J. Hodgkinson, Dimitris E. Anagnostou, Symon K. Podilchak

School of Engineering

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A novel 6 × 1 antipodal Vivaldi antenna array (AVAA) is presented that can beam steer in the E-plane. The array is matched from 1.66-16.6 GHz and can steer with no grating lobes, at end-fire, in the range up to 11 GHz due to the element spacing being a half-wavelength (13.6mm) at that frequency. This compact ultra-wideband (UWB) design measures only 118.6×81.0mm, has a gain of 13.5dBi, and has low side-lobe levels across its operational bandwidth (BW). Applications of the AVAA include novel beam steering systems, UWB radar, and other communication systems where wideband operation, low side-lobe levels, and antenna beam steering is of interest.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)	9788831299022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411271
Publication status	Published - 27 Apr 2021
Event	15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021 - Dusseldorf, Germany Duration: 22 Mar 2021 → 26 Mar 2021

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Conference	15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Dusseldorf
Period	22/03/21 → 26/03/21

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Antipodal Vivaldi array
beam steering
compact
E-plane
element spacing
ultra-wideband

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Hodgkinson, CJ, Anagnostou, DE & Podilchak, SK 2021, Compact UWB Antipodal Vivaldi Array for Beam Steering Applications. in 2021 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)., 9411271, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021, Dusseldorf, Germany, 22/03/21. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411271

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