Ferrite-Loaded Spidron Fractal Loop VHF Antenna for UAV Applicationsopen access
- Authors
- Park, WB[Park, Won Bin]; Park, YM[Park, Young-Mi]; Hwang, KC[Hwang, Keum Cheol]
- Issue Date
- Aug-2020
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- ferrite; genetic algorithm; loop antenna; unmanned aerial vehicle; VHF
- Citation
- APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, v.10, no.15
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 15
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/3634
- DOI
- 10.3390/app10155392
- ISSN
- 2076-3417
- Abstract
- In this letter, an electrically small Spidron fractal loop antenna operating in the VHF band is proposed. The ferrite material, which consists of a nickel-zinc combination, is loaded into inside of the loop antenna to increase the gain of the antenna in the low frequency band. To minimize the magnetic loss of the ferrite in the high frequency band, the amount and configuration of the ferrite are optimized using a genetic algorithm. Through this optimization step, the amount of the ferrite is decreased to 37.5% and the gain of the antenna in the high frequency band is improved. The size of the proposed antenna is 0.0242x0.0242x0.0051 lambda L3at the lowest operating frequency. The proposed antenna was fabricated to verify the performance, and the simulated and measured results are in good agreement. The measured peak gains varied from -31.6 to -1.9 dBi within the measured frequency band. To examine the performance of the proposed antenna mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle model (UAV), the antenna on a UAV was also simulated and the results were discussed. The simulated realized peak gains of the antenna on the UAV and on flat ground are similar.
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