A Novel Planar Conformal Antenna Designed With Splines

摘要

A broadband planar dipole, radiating from 280 to 1000 MHz (with ${rm Gain}>0 {rm dBi}$), is considered for shape optimization using splines. It is demonstrated via simulations and measurements that the 0 dBi gain point is shifted to 190 MHz (32% size reduction). The entire optimization amounts to antenna reshaping.