Abstract
In the near future, lightweight racing bicycles will be equipped with a wireless camera. Such a wireless camera will communicate with the control vehicle via an aircraft flying at an altitude of up to seven kilometers. With the current antenna, a monopole, it is not possible to bridge the distance between the wireles camera and the airplane with sufficient signal strength. The new antenna design must achieve more gain over a specific opening angle, which places demands on the half-power beamwidth. Furthermore, the antenna must be dual-polarized, small and lightweight. It is shown that a quasi-Yagi antenna is a particularly suitable antenna. The final antenna design exhibits a half-power beamwidth of 77° in the E-plane and the H-plane and a gain of 7.5 dBi. The realized antenna weighs 33 grams.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2021 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-88-31299-02-2 |
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| 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 |
Conference
| Conference | 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2021) |
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| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Dusseldorf |
| Period | 22/03/21 → 26/03/21 |
Keywords
- antenna gain
- dual polarization
- half-power beamwidth
- open-ended cavity-backed reflector
- quasi-Yagi