Beam Tilt-Angle Estimation for Monopole End-Fire Array Mounted on a Finite Ground Plane

A modified method for the beam tilt-angle estimation of monopole end-fire array mounted on finite ground plane is proposed. In the simplified model, the monopole array and ground plane are approximated to two line sources of transverse and longitudinal electric current, respectively. It is deduced t...

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Main Authors: Jia Cao, Zhenghui Xue, Meng Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/351439
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description A modified method for the beam tilt-angle estimation of monopole end-fire array mounted on finite ground plane is proposed. In the simplified model, the monopole array and ground plane are approximated to two line sources of transverse and longitudinal electric current, respectively. It is deduced that the beam tilt angle is a function about the length of ground plane in front of array Lg, the length of monopole array La, and the phase constant βα. After verifying the optimizing principle of monopole end-fire array, a 10-element monopole Yagi-Uda antenna satisfying Hansen-Woodyard condition is designed and measured for the analysis. By comparison and analysis, the value of βα is demonstrated to be the key point of the proposed method. And a slow wave monopole array is proved to be able to achieve a low beam tilt angle from end-fire with only a short-length ground plane.
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spelling doaj-art-a5b905b4b9bd4260b9123e46ea1d7ec32025-08-20T02:20:38ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772015-01-01201510.1155/2015/351439351439Beam Tilt-Angle Estimation for Monopole End-Fire Array Mounted on a Finite Ground PlaneJia Cao0Zhenghui Xue1Meng Cao2School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, ChinaSchool of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, ChinaSchool of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, ChinaA modified method for the beam tilt-angle estimation of monopole end-fire array mounted on finite ground plane is proposed. In the simplified model, the monopole array and ground plane are approximated to two line sources of transverse and longitudinal electric current, respectively. It is deduced that the beam tilt angle is a function about the length of ground plane in front of array Lg, the length of monopole array La, and the phase constant βα. After verifying the optimizing principle of monopole end-fire array, a 10-element monopole Yagi-Uda antenna satisfying Hansen-Woodyard condition is designed and measured for the analysis. By comparison and analysis, the value of βα is demonstrated to be the key point of the proposed method. And a slow wave monopole array is proved to be able to achieve a low beam tilt angle from end-fire with only a short-length ground plane.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/351439
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Beam Tilt-Angle Estimation for Monopole End-Fire Array Mounted on a Finite Ground Plane
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
title Beam Tilt-Angle Estimation for Monopole End-Fire Array Mounted on a Finite Ground Plane
title_full Beam Tilt-Angle Estimation for Monopole End-Fire Array Mounted on a Finite Ground Plane
title_fullStr Beam Tilt-Angle Estimation for Monopole End-Fire Array Mounted on a Finite Ground Plane
title_full_unstemmed Beam Tilt-Angle Estimation for Monopole End-Fire Array Mounted on a Finite Ground Plane
title_short Beam Tilt-Angle Estimation for Monopole End-Fire Array Mounted on a Finite Ground Plane
title_sort beam tilt angle estimation for monopole end fire array mounted on a finite ground plane
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/351439
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