Ladder Arrangement Method for Stealth Design of Vivaldi Antenna Array
A novel stealth design method for X-band Vivaldi antenna arrays is proposed in this paper by ladder arrangement along radiation direction. Two-element array, eight-element array, and 3 × 7-element array are investigated in this paper. S parameters, RCSs, and radiation patterns are studied, respectiv...
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| description | A novel stealth design method for X-band Vivaldi antenna arrays is proposed in this paper by ladder arrangement along radiation direction. Two-element array, eight-element array, and 3 × 7-element array are investigated in this paper. S parameters, RCSs, and radiation patterns are studied, respectively. According to the ladder arrangement of Vivaldi antennas presented, 16.3 dBsm maximal RCS reduction is achieved with satisfied radiation performance. As simulated and measured, results demonstrate that the effectiveness of the presented low RCS design method is validated. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-228d67abc5844656b24640fde9945e602025-08-20T03:54:48ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772013-01-01201310.1155/2013/295767295767Ladder Arrangement Method for Stealth Design of Vivaldi Antenna ArrayXiaoXiang He0SaiSai Huang1Teng Chen2Yang Yang3College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Yudao Street, Baixia District, Nanjing 210016, ChinaCollege of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Yudao Street, Baixia District, Nanjing 210016, ChinaCollege of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Yudao Street, Baixia District, Nanjing 210016, ChinaCollege of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Yudao Street, Baixia District, Nanjing 210016, ChinaA novel stealth design method for X-band Vivaldi antenna arrays is proposed in this paper by ladder arrangement along radiation direction. Two-element array, eight-element array, and 3 × 7-element array are investigated in this paper. S parameters, RCSs, and radiation patterns are studied, respectively. According to the ladder arrangement of Vivaldi antennas presented, 16.3 dBsm maximal RCS reduction is achieved with satisfied radiation performance. As simulated and measured, results demonstrate that the effectiveness of the presented low RCS design method is validated.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/295767 |
| spellingShingle | XiaoXiang He SaiSai Huang Teng Chen Yang Yang Ladder Arrangement Method for Stealth Design of Vivaldi Antenna Array International Journal of Antennas and Propagation |
| title | Ladder Arrangement Method for Stealth Design of Vivaldi Antenna Array |
| title_full | Ladder Arrangement Method for Stealth Design of Vivaldi Antenna Array |
| title_fullStr | Ladder Arrangement Method for Stealth Design of Vivaldi Antenna Array |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ladder Arrangement Method for Stealth Design of Vivaldi Antenna Array |
| title_short | Ladder Arrangement Method for Stealth Design of Vivaldi Antenna Array |
| title_sort | ladder arrangement method for stealth design of vivaldi antenna array |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/295767 |
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