Structural antennas for 3cm radar onboard multi-rotor UAV

D. Gray; J. Le Kernec

Structural antennas for 3cm radar onboard multi-rotor UAV

D. Gray, J. Le Kernec

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

University of Glasgow

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Abstract

A series of 3cm amateur band radar antennas suitable for installation on a cinematic grade multi-rotor UAV were considered. A wideband open waveguide mouth antenna was developed that can be made from the existing arms of a multirotor UAV without any increase in weight for side-looking wall detection ranging radar. For downward looking radio altimeter, cutting slots in the arms to form slotted waveguide antennas was shown in simulation to be possible both in terms of covering the entire 3cm band from 10 to 10.5 GHz and without overly weakening the arms as structural members.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	2017 International Conference on Radar Systems, Radar 2017 - Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 23 Oct 2017 → 26 Oct 2017

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Conference	2017 International Conference on Radar Systems, Radar 2017
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Belfast
Period	23/10/17 → 26/10/17

Keywords

Slotted waveguide antennas
UAV

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Structural antennas for 3cm radar onboard multi-rotor UAV

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