Low-Profile Blanket Antenna

摘要

An antenna array includes a flexible microstrip PCB feed layer and a plurality of radiating elements attached to the flexible PCB feed layer. The radiating elements comprise a Tau scalable log periodic array of low profile radiating elements for producing a monopole, end fire radiation pattern. Radiating elements include printed inverted F antenna elements and multi-arm puck elements for circular polarization. The antenna array is conformable to a curved surface. The radiating elements can be either integrated within a multi-layer flex or rigid flex PCB, or configured as individual elements that are die attached to a common ground plane flex circuit.

主权项

1. An antenna comprising:
a flexible feed layer configured to conform to a surface; and a plurality of rigid radiating elements connected to the flexible feed layer, each of the plurality of rigid radiating elements comprising:
a ground plane;a dielectric substrate disposed on the ground plane; anda radiator connected to the ground plane and the flexible feed layer, wherein:
the plurality of rigid radiating elements are organized into a log periodic (LP) array.