Compact VHF/UHF Ultrawideband Discone Antenna with Consistent Pattern

Abstract

A compact VHF/UHF ultrawideband discone antenna with consistent patterns is proposed in this article. The proposed antenna consists of a disk, a modified cone, an inverted cone, four shorting probes, and two sleeves. To improve the radiation angular distortion at high frequencies, two sleeves are inserted into the discone antenna. Higher-order modes are suppressed, and ultrawideband consistent patterns are obtained without antenna size increasing. An inverted cone and four shorting probes are introduced to achieve broadband and profile reduction. An antenna prototype is fabricated and measured. The proposed antenna possesses consistent patterns in a 11.36:1 bandwidth. The pattern nulls is improved by 26.1 dB. The antenna occupies a cylindrical volume of 0.227 λ0 (D) and 0.096 λ0 (H). It is a competitive candidate for future in-vehicle communication systems.

Keywords

• very high frequency (VHF)
• ultra high frequency (UHF)
• ultrawideband antenna
• discone antenna
• consistent pattern