Investigation of the dependences of the Vivaldi antenna with two curve radii in the electrodynamic modeling software package

Abstract

Objective. The aim of the study is to build and optimize a computer model of the antenna using software packages for electrodynamic modeling.Method. The study is based on dynamic modeling methods.Result. In this paper, the dependences of the width of the radiation pattern on the curved Vivaldi antenna with a mirror arrangement of the petals are obtained. Graphs of the dependence of the radii of curved petals and aperture values on the width of the radiation pattern in two planes for frequencies of 3 and 24 GHz are plotted. Curve radius, antenna aperture and lower antenna height are plotted as functions of the maximum beamwidth for 24 GHz and the minimum beamwidth for 3 GHz. The obtained dependencies were approximated for two planes θ = 900 (antenna aperture plane) and φ = 00 (plane perpendicular to the antenna aperture plane). By means of regression analy sis, analytical descriptions and graphs of dependences of the maximum beamwidth for 24 GHz and the minimum beamwidth for 3 GHz, on the radii of the curves, aperture and the height of the lower curve of the antenna lobe were obtained.Conclusion. The resulting mathematical model makes it possible to obtain the values of the radius of the curve, the opening and the lower height of the antenna lobes for different frequencies, as a result, to build a Vivaldi antenna with the desired topology.

Keywords

• vivaldi antenna
• curvature
• petal
• approximation
• mathematical model
• equation
• radiation pattern